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Badakhshan
Badakhshan
(
Pashto
/, , , , meaning "Badakh Mountains",
Ming dynasty
era Chinese name- 巴丹沙) is a historic region comprising parts of what is now northeastern
Afghanistan
and southeastern
Tajikistan
. The name is retained in
Badakhshan Province
, which is one of the 34
provinces of Afghanistan
and is located in North-East Afghanistan. Much of historic Badakhshan lies within
Tajikistan
's
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province
located in the in south-eastern part of the country. The
music of Badakhshan
is an important part of the region's cultural heritage.
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