Country Tajikistan Climate Dsb | District Ishkoshim Local time Thursday 5:42 AM | |
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Weather -4°C, Wind S at 6 km/h, 66% Humidity Province Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region | ||
Ishkoshim (Tajik: Ишкошим; Persian: اشکاشم), also Ishkashim (Russian: Ишкашим), is the capital of Ishkoshim District in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in south-east Tajikistan. It lies on the Panj River, at a 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 following Persian practice.
Map of Eshkashem, Tajikistan
A bridge opened in 2006 links the two towns. There are plans to reconstruct the 100-km highway connecting Ishkoshim to the provincial capital Khorugh, which has been damaged by snow avalanches.
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Ishkoshim, Tajikistan Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA