Ghar Javin

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Ghar Javin
Ghār Javīn
Ghār Jabīn, Ghār Jawīn, Ghār Zabīn
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Ghar Javin
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 37°28′0″N71°27′0″E / 37.46667°N 71.45000°E / 37.46667; 71.45000
CountryFlag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan
Province Badakhshan
District Shighnan
Time zone + 4.30

Ghar Javin is the name of a mountain pass and of a nearby village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan. [1] The valley contains three villages of the same time. Nearby is the direct road from Bar Panja, located some miles downstream, and Badakhshan. The village is located about four miles north of the pass. [2]

Ghar Javin is located just across the Tajikistan border near Khorog.

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References

  1. "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2008-05-22. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  2. Adamec, Ludwig W., ed. (1972). Historical and Political Gazetteer of Afghanistan. Vol. 1. Graz, Austria: Akadamische Druck-u. Verlangsanstalt. p. 45.