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Ishkoshim, Tajikistan
Place in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the border town in Tajikistan. For the adjacent border town in Afghanistan, see Ishkashim, Afghanistan.
Ishkoshim (Tajik: Ишкошим), also Ishkashim (Russian: Ишкашим), is a village and a jamoat in south-east Tajikistan.[3] It is the seat of Ishkoshim District in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region. The jamoat has a total population of 7,673 (2015).[1] It lies on the river Panj, at the point where its direction turns sharply north. Ishkoshim lies opposite a town of the same name in neighboring Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan, although the name of the Afghan town is normally transliterated Ishkashim. A bridge opened in 2006 links the two towns.[4] There are plans to reconstruct the 100-km highway connecting Ishkoshim to the regional capital Khorugh, which has been damaged by snow avalanches.[5]
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Ishkoshim
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Coordinates: 36°43′38″N 71°36′42″E | |
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Region | Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region |
District | Ishkoshim |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 7,673 |
Climate | Dsb |
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