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Wakhan
Sign in to saveWakhan (Dari; Pashto: ), also spelt as Vakhan and known as Vakhon (Tajik: Вахон}, is a rugged, mountainous part of the Pamir Mountains, Hindu Kush and Karakoram regions of Afghanistan and Tajikistan. It covers mainly the Wakhan District of Badakshan Province in northeastern Afghanistan.
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- Country
- Afghanistan
- Shares border with
- Chitral District
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Wakhan Corridor
- History
- Ancient history
- Wakhan Mirdom
- Conquest by Emirate of Afghanistan
- Modern history
- Demographics
- Wakhi
- Kyrgyz
- Tourism
- Popular culture
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
Wakhan (Dari; Pashto: ), also spelt as Vakhan and known as Vakhon (Tajik: Вахон}, is a rugged, mountainous part of the Pamir Mountains, Hindu Kush and Karakoram regions of Afghanistan and Tajikistan. It covers mainly the Wakhan District of Badakshan Province in northeastern Afghanistan.
==Geography==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wakhan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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