Ishkoshim, Tajikistan Explained

Official Name:Ishkoshim
Native Name:Russian: Ишкашим
Tajik: Ишкошим
Pushpin Map:Tajikistan
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Tajikistan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name: Tajikistan
Subdivision Name1:Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Ishkoshim
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:7673
Coordinates:36.7272°N 71.6117°W
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Ishkoshim (Tajik: Ишкошим), also Ishkashim (Russian: Ишкашим), is a village and a jamoat in south-east Tajikistan.[2] It is the seat of Ishkoshim District in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region. The jamoat has a total population of 7,673 (2015).[3] 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН . prokuratura.tj . Parliament of Tajikistan . 9 January 2020.
  2. http://www.maplandia.com/tajikistan/gorno-badakhshan/ishkashim/ Location of Ishkoshim on maplandia.com
  3. http://untj.org/jambi-project/index.php/maps-statistics/demography Jamoat-level basic indicators
  4. Web site: News: Aga Khan and President Rahmonov inaugurate reconstructed bridge in Ishkashim . Asia-Plus . 2006-10-31 . 2009-05-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201807/http://www2.asiaplus.tj/en/news/16/12171.html . 2007-09-27.
  5. http://www.president.tj/eng/news_190708.html Restoration of Khorugh-Ishkoshim highway