Gorno-Badakhshan

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Gorno-Badakhshan
Autonomous region
Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region
Name transcription(s)
• Tajik	Вилояти Мухтори Кӯҳистони Бадахшон
• Russian	Горно-Бадахшанская автономная область
Khorog Karakul Lake Bulunkul Lake Pamir Mountains Kurteskei Valley
Gorno-Badakhshan in Tajikistan
Country	Tajikistan
Capital	Khorog
Government
• Chairman	Alisher Khudoyberdi
Area
• Total	64,200 km2 (24,800 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• Total	226,900
• Density	3.5/km2 (9.2/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	TJ-GB
HDI (2017)	0.671[1] medium

Gorno-Badakhshan,[n 1] officially the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region,[n 2] is an autonomous region in eastern Tajikistan, in the Pamir Mountains. It makes up nearly forty-five percent of the country's land area but only two percent of its population.[3]