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    Khorog (Russian: Хорог [xɐˈrok]), also Khorugh (Tajik: Хоруғ [χɔˈɾuʁ]) or Kharagh (Shughni: Харағ [χɐˈɾaʁ]), is the capital of Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan...
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    becoming part of a transit district between Osh, Khorog and Dushanbe. Nowadays, the routes Khorog–Osh and Khorog–Dushanbe are both segments of the Pamir Highway...
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    Khorog Airport (Russian: Аэропорт «Хорог»; Tajik: Фурудгоҳи Хоруғ), (ICAO: UTOD) is an airport serving Khorog (also spelled Khorugh), a city in the Gorno-Badakhshan...
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    Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan; Termiz, Uzbekistan; Dushanbe, Tajikistan; and Khorog, Tajikistan all being offered as the beginning of the highway. All sources...
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    opened in 2016 in Naryn, Kyrgyzstan, and was followed by a second campus in Khorog, Tajikistan (2017). The University has three schools: School of Arts and...
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  • The Aga Khan Lycée, Khorog is a school that was established in September 1998. Emomali Rahmonov, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, inaugurated...
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    Tajikistan Airlines and served by a Yakovlev Yak-40 crashed during takeoff at Khorog Airport, killing 82 people on board (including 14 children). Militants during...
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    Айёмбеков, Perso-Arabic script: طالب‌بیک ایام‌بیک‌اف; born 6 July 1966 in Khorog), commonly known as Tolib Ayombekov (Tajiki: Толиб Аёмбеков, Perso-Arabic...
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    September 2017, the University of Central Asia launched its second campus in Khorog, Tajikistan, offering majors in Earth & Environmental Sciences and Economics...
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  • board died. On August 28, 1993, a Yakovlev Yak-40 crashed on take-off in Khorog while on a flight to Dushanbe. All 5 crew members and 77 of the 81 passengers...
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  • Khorugh State University (also known as Khorog State University), is a public university located in Khorugh, GBAO, Tajikistan. It is located in the center...
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    The founder of this organization was Atobek Amirbekov, a Pamiri born in Khorog who had worked at the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute as a lecturer and deputy...
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    Dyushambe) Garm Oblast (capital Garm) Gorno-Badakhshan Oblast (capital Khorog) Kulyab Oblast (capital Kulyab) Kurgan-Tyube Oblast (capital Kurgan-Tyube)...
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    built a proper fort there (Pamirskiy Post). In 1895 their base was moved to Khorog facing the Afghans. In 1928 the last blank areas around the Fedchenko Glacier...
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    1961-09-10 82 5 77 0 COM Tajikistan Airlines (87995) Yakovlev Yak-40 takhoKhorog, Tajikistan TOF UTOD 0.2 km (0.12 mi) 1993-08-28 82 7 60 15 † COM Aeroméxico...
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  • Dushanbe Khorog Khujand Kulob Bokhthar Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates)...
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    Pamir, a high plateau or pamir at an elevation of 3,720 m. The city of Khorog is located at the confluence of the Gunt with the Panj (one of the source...
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  • Air Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes after overshooting the runway on takeoff from Khorog Airport, killing 82 of the 86 people on board; the accident is the deadliest...
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  • 2014, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon named her acting mayor of Khorog; he relieved her of the post in 2016 when she reached retirement age. "Head...
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  • State University of Law, Business, & Politics Technological University of Tajikistan University of Central Asia, Khorog, GBAO University of Khajuraho...
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  • In May 2022, she was arrested and charged with organising protests in Khorog, the regional capital; in December, she received a 21-year prison sentence...
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    Poplars dominate the flora of Khorog City Park, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan...
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  • Tajikistan. His 2022 arrest and conviction following peaceful protests in Khorog led to international condemnation from human rights organisations. Kholiqnazarov...
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  • Mamadambarova, in Tajik: Улфатмо Мамадамбарова (10 March 1937, Khorog - 4 May 2024, Khorog) was a Pamirian singer from Gorno-Badakhshan, an autonomous region...
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  • Sherzamonov is credited with playing a leadership role during political unrest in Khorog, the capital of the autonomous republic of Gorno-Badakhshan, in 2012. Sherzamonov...
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    Afghanistan. Another bridge was built at the confluence with the Gunt River at Khorog in 2003. A bridge exists at Langar, which may still be closed. The Aga Khan...
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    Asia's three campuses in Tekeli, Kazakhstan; Naryn, the Kyrgyz Republic; and Khorog, Tajikistan The New exit for the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy – competition...
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    proper fort there (Pamirskiy Post). In 1895 their base was moved west to Khorog facing the Afghans. In 1893 the Durand Line established the Wakhan Corridor...
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    Lumpur (Embassy)  Oman Muscat (Embassy)  Qatar Doha (Embassy)  Tajikistan Khorog (Consulate-General)  Turkmenistan Ashgabat (Embassy) Mary (Consulate-General)...
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    winter with great losses of cattle and crops. The Russian authorities at Khorog and Tashkent tried to steer a middle course between the population and the...
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