Горно-Бадахшанская автономная область
Badakhshan is primarily bordered by Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province and Khatlon Province in Tajikistan to the north and east. In the east of the province a long spur called the Wakhan Corridor extends above northern Pakistan's Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan to a border with China. The province has a total area of , most of which is occupied by the Hindu Kush and Pamir mountain ranges.