Ishkoshim, Tajikistan

Ishkoshim (Tajik: Ишкошим), also Ishkashim (Russian: Ишкашим), is a village and a jamoat in south-east Tajikistan.[3] It is the seat of Ishkoshim District in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region. The jamoat has a total population of 7,673 (2015).[1] It lies on the river Panj, at the point where its direction turns sharply north. Ishkoshim lies opposite a town of the same name in Afghanistan, although the name of the Afghan town is normally transliterated Ishkashim. A bridge opened in 2006 links the two towns.[4] There are plans to reconstruct the 100-km highway connecting Ishkoshim to the regional capital Khorugh, which has been damaged by snow avalanches.[5]

The Ishkoshim border bridge
Near the bridge
Locals in the town
This article is about the border town in Tajikistan. For the adjacent border town in Afghanistan, see Ishkashim, Afghanistan.
Ishkoshim
Russian: Ишкашим
Tajik: Ишкошим
Official seal of Ishkoshim
Seal
Ishkoshim is located in Tajikistan
Ishkoshim
Ishkoshim
Location in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 36°43′38″N 71°36′42″E
Country Tajikistan
RegionGorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
DistrictIshkoshim
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total7,673
ClimateDsb
Official languages

References
  1. Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 7 October 2020
  2. "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  3. Location of Ishkoshim on maplandia.com. Retrieved on 8 May 2009
  4. "News: Aga Khan and President Rahmonov inaugurate reconstructed bridge in Ishkashim". Asia-Plus. 2006-10-31. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  5. Restoration of Khorugh-Ishkoshim highway Archived 2009-06-02 at the Wayback Machine, President's speech, 18 July 2008. Retrieved on 8 May 2009
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