Vrang

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| subdivision_name1 = Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region

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| subdivision_name2 = Ishkoshim District

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| population_total = 6541

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  • Russian (Interethnic)
  • Tajik (State){{cite web |title=КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН |url=http://prokuratura.tj/ru/legislation/the-constitution-of-the-republic-of-tajikistan.html |website=prokuratura.tj |publisher=Parliament of Tajikistan |access-date=9 January 2020}}}}

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Vrang (Russian and Tajik: Вранг) is a village and jamoat located in the Wakhan region of Tajikistan.{{cite magazine |first=Paul |last=Salopek |magazine=National Geographic Magazine |date=October 2, 2017 |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/out-of-eden-walk/articles/2017-10-ruby-sellers-vrang/ |title=The Ruby Sellers of Vrang}} It is located in Ishkoshim District in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region. The jamoat has a total population of 6,541 (2015).[http://untj.org/jambi-project/index.php/maps-statistics/demography Jamoat-level basic indicators], United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 5 October 2020

Religion

File:Temple Vrang.jpg

Vrang is home to a stupa of unknown origin, which may have originally been a Zoroastrian fire temple.

References

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Category:Populated places in Gorno-Badakhshan

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