Arakht is a village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.[1]
| Official Name: | Arakht |
| Pushpin Map: | Afghanistan |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Afghanistan |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Shighnan |
| Unit Pref: | metric |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Timezone: | + 4.30 |
| Coordinates: | 37.3667°N 71.4167°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 2652 |
It is located between Lake Shiva and the Panj River,[3] at an elevation of 3100m (10,200feet) near the Tajikistan border. It lies 3.3miles from Pish, 2.6abbr=onNaNabbr=on from Wishtayn, 3.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on from Gordzhak and 6.2abbr=onNaNabbr=on from Ghar Javin.
The nearest airport is 9miles away across the border at Khorog.
Arakht has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification: Dsc) with mild, dry summers and very cold, snowy winters.