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Gorno-Badakhshan
geographical name
Gor·no-Ba·dakh·shan
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Definition of Gorno-Badakhshan
autonomous region of southeastern Tajikistan in the Pamirs bordering China and Afghanistan; capital Khorog area 24,595 square miles (63,701 square kilometers), population 205,949
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