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Badakhshān (province) |
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Lat: 36 45 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.7500 decimal degrees |
Long: 072 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 72.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Mountainous province of northeast Afghanistan; primarily agricultural region producing barley, corn, cotton, and livestock; region formed part of ancient Greek Bactria. |
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Badakhshān (preferred,C,V,O)
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Badakhshan (C,V,English)
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Badakhshan (Norwegian)
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Wilāyat-e Badakhshān (C,V)
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ولايت بدخشان (C,V)
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AF01 (C,U,FIPS)
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Baḏakhs̄ān (C,U)
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Bedekhshan Province (C,U)
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Velāyat-e Badakhshān (C,U)
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Wilāyat-e Badakhshān (C,U)
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ولايت بدکشان (C,U)
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بدخشان (C,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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