Gorno-Badakhshan

Gorno-Badakhshan, officially the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region in eastern , in the . It makes up nearly forty-five percent of the country's land area but only two percent of its population.
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  • Type: region of Tajikistan with 227,000 residents
  • Description: autonomous region of Tajikistan
  • Also known as: “Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region”, “GBAO”, “Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region”, “Gorno-Badakhshanskaya AO”, “Gorno-Badakhshanskaya Avtonomnaya Oblast’”, “Kuhistani Badakhshan Autonomous Region”, “Kŭhistoni Badakhshon”, “Viloyati Avtonomii Badakhshoni Kŭhy”, and “Кӯҳистони Бадахшон”
  • Neighbors: and

Gorno-Badakhshan

Latitude
38° north
Longitude
73° east
Population
227,000
Elevation
4,736 metres (15,538 feet)
Open location code
8JCM2222+22
Geo­Names ID
1221692
Wiki­data ID
Q207319
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Gorno-Badakhshan” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ጎርኖ-ባዳክshan”
  • Arabic: “جورنو”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بدخشان الجبلية ذاتية الحكم”
  • Arabic: “ولاية بدخشان الجبلية ذاتية الحكم”
  • Armenian: “Լեռնային Բադախշանի ինքնավար մարզ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dağlıq Bədəxşan Muxtar Vilayəti”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qoro-Badaxşan”
  • Basque: “Badakhxan Garaiko Probintzia Autonomoa”
  • Belarusian: “Горна-Бадахшанская аўтаномная вобласць”
  • Belarusian: “Горна-Бадахшанская аўтаномная вобласьць”
  • Belarusian: “Горна-Бадахшанская вобласць”
  • Belarusian: “Горны Бадахшан”
  • Bengali: “গর্নো-বাদাখশন স্বায়ত্তশাসিত প্রদেশ”
  • Bengali: “গর্নো-বাদাখশান”
  • Breton: “OE Gorno-Badac’hchan”
  • Bulgarian: “Горни Бадахшан”
  • Bulgarian: “Горнобадахшанска автономна област”
  • Bulgarian: “Планински Бадахшан”
  • Catalan: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Catalan: “Gorno-Badakhxan”
  • Catalan: “Regió Autònoma de Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Cebuano: “Viloyati Mukhtori Kŭhistoni Badakhshon”
  • Chechen: “Лам-Бадахшанан автономин регион”
  • Chinese: “山地巴达赫尚自治州”
  • Chinese: “山地巴達赫尚自治州”
  • Chinese: “戈尔诺-巴达赫尚自治州”
  • Chinese: “戈爾諾-巴達赫尚”
  • Chinese: “戈爾諾-巴達赫尚自治州”
  • Chuvash: “Туçи Бадахшан”
  • Czech: “Gorno-Badachšán”
  • Czech: “Horní Badachšán”
  • Czech: “Horský Badachšán”
  • Danish: “Gorno-Badakhsjan”
  • Dutch: “Gorno-Badachsjan”
  • Esperanto: “Monta Badaĥŝano”
  • Estonian: “Mägi-Badahšan”
  • Finnish: “Vuoristo-Badahšanin autonominen alue”
  • Finnish: “Vuoristo-Badakhšanin autonominen alue”
  • French: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • French: “Haut-Badakhchan”
  • French: “Haut-Badakhshan”
  • Galician: “Provincia Autónoma de Gorno Badaghxán”
  • Galician: “Provincia Autónoma do Badaghxán Montañoso”
  • Georgian: “მთიანი ბადახშანის ავტონომიური ოლქი”
  • German: “Berg-Badachschan”
  • German: “Gorno-Badachschan”
  • German: “TJ-GB”
  • Greek: “Αυτόνομη επαρχία Γκόρνο-Μπανταχσάν”
  • Gujarati: “ગોર્નો-બડખશન ઔટોનોમસ પ્રાંત”
  • Hausa: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז גורנו-בדחשאן”
  • Hindi: “कूहिस्तोनी-बदख़्शान मुख़्तोर विलोयत”
  • Hindi: “कूहिस्तोनी-बदख़्शान स्वशासित प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “कूहिस्तोनी-बदख़्शान स्वशासित प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “कोहिस्तोनी-बदख़्शान स्वशासित प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “गोर्नो-बदखाशान स्वायत्त प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “गोर्नो-बदख़्शान मुख़्तोर विलोयत”
  • Indonesian: “Oblast Otonomi Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Otonom Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Interlingue: “Gorno-Badakhsan”
  • Italian: “Badachšan”
  • Italian: “Gorno-Badachšan”
  • Italian: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Italian: “provincia Autonoma di Gorno-Badachšan”
  • Italian: “Provincia Autonoma di Gorno-Badachšan”
  • Italian: “Regione Autonoma di Gorno-Badachshan”
  • Japanese: “ゴルノ・バダフシャン”
  • Japanese: “ゴルノ・バダフシャン自治州”
  • Japanese: “ゴルノ＝バダフシャン自治州”
  • Japanese: “ゴルノバダフシャン自治州”
  • Javanese: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Kannada: “ಗೊರ್ನೊ-ಬದ್ಖ್ಶಾನ್ ಸ್ವಾಯತ್ತ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Tawli-Badaxshan avtonom wa’layati”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Tawlı-Badaxshan avtonomiyalıq wálayatı”
  • Kazakh: “Бадахшан Таулы Автономиялы облысы”
  • Kazakh: “Бадахшан”
  • Kazakh: “ГБАО”
  • Kazakh: “Горно-Бадахшан”
  • Kazakh: “Кухистандық Бадахшан Автономиялы облысы”
  • Kazakh: “Қоро-Бедахшан”
  • Kazakh: “Таулы Бадахшан автономиялы облысы”
  • Kazakh: “Таулы Бадахшан аймағы”
  • Kazakh: “Таулы Бадахшан”
  • Kirghiz: “Горно-Бадахшан”
  • Kirghiz: “Тоолуу-Бадахшан автономиялуу облусу”
  • Korean: “고르노바다크샨”
  • Korean: “고르노바다흐샨 자치주”
  • Latin: “Regio autonoma Badachschania Montana”
  • Latvian: “Kalnu Badahšāna”
  • Latvian: “Kalnu Badahšānas autonomais vilojats”
  • Lithuanian: “Kalnų Badachšanas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kalnų Badachšano autonominė provincija”
  • Malay: “Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province”
  • Malay: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Malay: “Provinsi Berautonomi Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Marathi: “गोर्नो-बदखशन स्वायत्त प्रांत”
  • Mingrelian: “გვალამი ბადახშანიშ ავტონომიური ოლქი”
  • Mongolian: “Горно-Бадахшан”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gorno-Badakhshan autonome region”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kuhistoni Badakhshon autonome provins”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kuhistoni Badakhshon”
  • Norwegian: “Kuhistoni Badakhshon autonome provins”
  • Oromo: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Ossetian: “Хæххон Бадахшаны автономон облæст”
  • Panjabi: “ਗੋਰਨੋ-ਬਾਦਾਖਸ਼ਾਨ”
  • Persian: “استان خودمختار کوهستان بدخشان”
  • Persian: “استان خودمختار کوهستانی بدخشان”
  • Persian: “استان کوهستان بدخشان”
  • Persian: “بدخشان کوهستانی”
  • Persian: “منطقه خودمختار بدخشان کوهستانی”
  • Persian: “منطقه خودمختار کوهستان بدخشان”
  • Persian: “ولایت بدخشان”
  • Persian: “ولایت خود مختار کوهستان بدخشان”
  • Persian: “ولایت خودمختار بدخشان تاجیکستان”
  • Persian: “ولایت خودمختار کوهستان بدخشان”
  • Persian: “ولایت مختار کوهستان بدخشان”
  • Polish: “Górnobadachszański Okręg Autonomiczny”
  • Polish: “Górski Badachszan”
  • Polish: “Górskobadachszański Okręg Autonomiczny”
  • Polish: “Górskobadachszański Wilajet Autonomiczny”
  • Polish: “Obwód górnobadachszański”
  • Portuguese: “Alto Badaquexão”
  • Portuguese: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Portuguese: “Província Autônoma de Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Pushto: “بدخشان ګورنو خپلواک ولايت”
  • Pushto: “ګورنو بدخشان”
  • Pushto: “گورنو بادخشان”
  • Romanian: “Gorno-Badahșan”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Autonomă Gorno-Badahșan”
  • Russian: “Бадахшан”
  • Russian: “ГБАО”
  • Russian: “Горно-Бадахшанская автономная область”
  • Russian: “Горно-Бадахшанская АО”
  • Russian: “Горно-Бадахшанская область”
  • Russian: “Горный Бадахшан”
  • Serbian: “Gorno-Badahšan”
  • Serbian: “Горно-Бадакшан Аутономни Регион”
  • Serbian: “Горно-Бадахшан”
  • Serbian: “Горно-Бадахшанска област”
  • Sinhala: “ගොර්නෝ බඩක්ශාන් ස්වාධීන පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Gorno-Badahšan”
  • Slovenian: “Gorski Badahšan”
  • Slovenian: “Kuhistoni-Badakhshon”
  • Slovenian: “Regija Gorno-Badahšan”
  • Slovenian: “TJ-GB”
  • Somali: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Spanish: “Alto Badajshan”
  • Spanish: “Alto Badajshán”
  • Spanish: “Gorno Badajshan”
  • Spanish: “Gorno Badakhshan”
  • Spanish: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Alto Badajshan”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Alto Badajshán”
  • Swahili: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Swedish: “Gorno-Badachsjan”
  • Swedish: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Tagalog: “Awtonomong Rehiyon ng Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Muxtori Kūhistoni Badaxşon”
  • Tajik: “Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon”
  • Tajik: “Бадахшон”
  • Tajik: “Бадахшони Тоҷикистон”
  • Tajik: “В.М.К.Б”
  • Tajik: “Ванҷ”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Бадахшон”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Бадахшони Тоҷикистон”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти мухтори куҳистони Бадахшон”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти мухтори Кӯҳистони Бадахшон”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Мухтори Кӯҳистони Бадахшон”
  • Tajik: “ВМКБ”
  • Tajik: “Кӯҳистони-Бадахшон”
  • Tamil: “கோருனோ-பதகுசான் தன்னாட்சி மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “கோர்னோ-படாட்சன் தன்னாட்சி மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Горно-Бадахшан”
  • Tatar: “Таулы Бәдәхшан автономияле вилаяте”
  • Telugu: “గార్నో-బడాక్షన్ అటానమస్ ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Telugu: “గార్నో-బడాక్షన్ అటానమస్ రాష్ట్రభాగం”
  • Thai: “แคว้นปกครองตนเองเคอฮิสทอนีบาดัฆชอน”
  • Turkish: “Dağlık Badahşan”
  • Turkish: “Dağlık Bedehşan”
  • Turkish: “Gorno-Bedehşan”
  • Uighur: “تاغلىق باداخشان ئاپتونوم ۋىلايىتى”
  • Ukrainian: “Гірський Бадахшан”
  • Ukrainian: “Горний Бадахшан”
  • Ukrainian: “Горно-Бадахшанська автономна область”
  • Ukrainian: “Мухтарний вілоят Кухістані Бадахшан”
  • Urdu: “گورنو بدخشاں خود مختار صوبہ”
  • Uzbek: “Kuhi Badakhshan”
  • Uzbek: “Togʻli-Badaxshon muxtor viloyati”
  • Vietnamese: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Vietnamese: “Kohistan Badakhshan”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh tự trị Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Western Armenian: “Լեռնային Պատախշանի ինքնավար մարզ”
  • Western Panjabi: “کوہستان بدخشان خودمختار صوبہ”

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