Official Name: | Vanj |
Native Name: | Russian: Вандж/Ванч Tajik: Ванҷ ونج |
Pushpin Map: | Tajikistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tajikistan |
Coordinates: | 38.3731°N 71.4553°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Tajikistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Gorno-Badakhshan |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Vanj District |
Elevation M: | 1722 |
Population Total: | 11217 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Dsa |
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Vanj (Russian: Вандж/Ванч; Tajik: Ванҷ, also transliterated as Vandzh, Vanch) is a village and jamoat in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan. It is the seat of the Vanj District. Vanj lies on the lower course of the river Vanj, a tributary of the Panj, separated from the Yazgulem to the south by the Vanj Range. The jamoat, which is also called Abdulloev, has a total population of 11,217 (2015).[2]