Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province (Tajik: 'Viloyati Mukhtori Kūhistoni Badakhshon, Вилояти Мухтори Кӯҳистони Бадахшон; Russian: Горно-Бадахшанская автономная область, Gorno-Badakhšanskaya avtonomnaya oblast’) is an autonomous, mountainous province in the east of Tajikistan. Located in the Pamir Mountains, it makes up 45% of the land area of the country but only 3% of the population.
The Tajik name Kuhistoni Badakhshon, now the official name of the province, expresses the meaning Mountainous Badakhshan, which is equivalent to Gorno-Badakhshan, a standard construction derived from Gornîy Badakhšan (Горный Бадахшан) in Russian.
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