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    Khorog (Tajik: Хоруғ, Yaŋalif: Xoruƣ; Russian: Хорог; Persian: خاروغ, romanized: Khārūgh, Tajik pronunciation: [χɔruʁ]; Shughni: Харағ, romanized: Xaraɣ)...
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    Khorog Airport (Russian: Аэропорт «Хорог»; Tajik: Фурудгоҳи Хоруғ), (ICAO: UTOD) is an airport serving Khorugh (also spelled Khorog), a city in the Gorno-Badakhshan...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • Mamadambarova, in Tajik: Улфатмо Мамадамбарова (10 March 1937, Khorog - 4 May 2024, Khorog) was a Pamirian singer from Tajikistan, whose contributions to...
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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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    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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  • 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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    Poplars dominate the flora of Khorog City Park, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan...
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    by an Iranian operator. A second major road goes east from Dushanbe to Khorog in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, then to Murghab, and then splits...
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    240278°N 72.651667°E / 37.240278; 72.651667 Mouth Gunt River  • location Khorog  • coordinates 37°28′58″N 71°35′30″E / 37.482778°N 71.591667°E / 37.482778;...
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    the protracted civil war has brought to the region. In particular, the Khorog-Osh road, the so-called "highway above the clouds", has become a major conduit...
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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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  • State University of Law, Business, & Politics Technological University of Tajikistan University of Central Asia, Khorog, GBAO University of Khajuraho...
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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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  • 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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    Lumpur (Embassy)  Qatar Doha (Embassy)  Syria Damascus (Embassy)  Tajikistan Khorog (Consulate-General)  Turkmenistan Ashgabat (Embassy) Mary (Consulate-General)...
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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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    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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    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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  • 1993 – A Tajikistan Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes during takeoff from Khorog Airport in Tajikistan, killing 82. 1996 – Chicago Seven defendant David...
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    disaster, and as of 2013, it is the third deadliest (after the crashes in Khorog and near Makhachkala). Conclusion: The disaster occurred due to a combination...
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    2 XXXX +992 3456 2 XXXX Mountain – Autonomous Region Badahshan (Centre Khorog) Vanj 35 51 2 XXXX +992 3551 2 XXXX Darvaz (F. Kalaykhumb) 35 52 2 XXXX...
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