Gazkhan
Gazkhan | |
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  Gazkhan Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 37°1′7″N 72°41′30″E / 37.01861°N 72.69167°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Badakhshan |
| District | Wakhan |
| Time zone | UTC+04:30 (Afghanistan Time) |
Gazkhan is a village in the Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.[1] It is located at the confluence of the Panj River and Wakhan River.[2] Ghazkhan is the starting point of the Grand Pamir Road in Afghanistan, which is being rehabilitated and expanded to the Wakhjir Pass (Afghanistan–China border).[1][3] Gazkhan is also the starting point for treks into the Great Pamir.[4] The land has been used historically as one of the trade routes between Kabul and Kashgar.[5][6]
Gazkhan is mostly inhabited by the Wakhi people. The population of the village was reported in 2003 as being only 149.[7] The nearest populated places to Gazkhan are Khandud to the southwest and Sarhad to the east.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Construction of the Grand Pamir Road Begins in Badakhshan". TOLOnews. 12 September 2025. Retrieved 2025-09-12.
- ↑ Adamec, Ludwig W., ed. (1972). Historical and Political Gazetteer of Afghanistan. Vol. 1. Graz, Austria: Akadamische Druck-u. Verlangsanstalt. p. 45.
- ↑ "Silk Road Highway Reaches China-Afghanistan Border, Facilitating Historic Trade Routes". Bakhtar News Agency. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
- ↑ Lonely Planet (2007): Afghanistan p.170
- ↑ Beveridge, Annette Susannah (7 January 2014). The Bābur-nāma in English, Memoirs of Bābur. Project Gutenberg. p. 202.
- ↑ Stein, Mark Aurel (1907). "Ancient Khotan". Nature. 76 (1981): 619–620. Bibcode:1907Natur..76..619H. doi:10.1038/076619a0. S2CID 3999325.
- ↑ "United Nations Environment Programme (2003) Wakhan Mission Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
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