Badakhshan , Region, Tajikistan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
BADAKHSHAN , region, Tajikistan , autonomous region (1991 est. pop. 167,100), c.24,600 sq mi (63,710 sq km), E Tajikistan, in the Pamir . It is bordered by China on the east and by Afghanistan on the south and west and is separated from...