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 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
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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]