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unusual facts about Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast



Aga Khan Lycée, Khorog

The Lycée, part of the Aga Khan Education Services (AKES), is built on the premises of the former School #3 (named after Kirov), a school with a distinguished history in Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO).

Centar Župa Municipality

The municipality consists of the following villages: Bajramovci, Balanci, Breštani, Broštica, Centar Župa, Crno Boci, Dolgaš, Dolno Melničani, Elevci, Evla, Golem Papradnik, Gorenci, Gorno Melničani, Kočišta, Kodžadžik, Mal Papradnik, Novak, Odžovci, Osolnica, Pareši, Pralenik, Vlasikji, Žitineni

Dendrochori, Kastoria

According to the narrative history, the village was founded by immigrants from villages Berik, Ano Sliveni (Gorno Sliveni), Saynovo, Vevi (Banitsa) and Agia Paraskevi (Sveta Petka).

Gorno Aleksandrovo

Gorno Aleksandrovo is a small village in the Sliven Municipality in Bulgaria.

Gorno Kraishte

Gorno Kraishte has two road links, to Razlog and Belovo and a narrow gauge railway link - Belitsa station.

Kaloyanovo, Plovdiv Province

Some of the Orthodox population descends from Bulgarian refugees from Greek Macedonia and more precisely Gorno Frashtani (today Oreini, Serres).

Pamir Mountains

The Pamir Highway, the world's second highest international road, runs from Dushanbe in Tajikistan to Osh in Kyrgyzstan through the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, and is the isolated region's main supply route.

Roshor

Roshor is a village located on the upper reaches of the Bartang River in Rushon District, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, Tajikistan.

Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County

Tashkurgan County is located in the eastern part of the Pamir Plateau, where the Kunlun, Kara Kunlun, Hindukush and Tian Shan mountains come together, at the borders with Afghanistan (Wakhan Corridor), Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan Province) and Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan).

United Nations Security Council Resolution 968

Ethnic groups from the Garm and Gorno-Badakhshan regions, which were underrepresented in the ruling elite, rose up against the national government of President Rahmon Nabiyev, in which people from the Leninabad and Kulyab regions dominated.

Visa policy of Tajikistan

Special permits are required to visit the regions within the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province.


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