Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region

[ gawr-noh-buh-dahk-shahn, ‐dahk-shahn; Russian gawr-nuh-buh-duhkh-shahn ]

noun

1. an autonomous region in SE Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan). 25,784 sq. mi. (63,700 sq. km). : Khorog

Example Sentences

Most of the avalanches hit the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region, which borders China and Afghanistan, and where more than 400 households have been relocated away from dangerous areas.

From Reuters

Fighters in the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region near the Afghan border are locked in a standoff with the government after President Imomali Rakhmon sent troops into the area on Tuesday to look for a former opposition warlord accused of killing a local security chief.

From Reuters

A resident of Khorog, capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region and the closest town to the fighting deep in the Pamir mountains, said shops and markets had reopened and there was no sound of gunfire on Wednesday.

From Reuters

The capital of Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region, Khorog sits along a river that marks the country's border with Afghanistan.

From Wall Street Journal

The Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region, with a population of around 250,000, mainly supported the opposition during the civil war.

From Reuters