Places
Cities, lakes, mountain ranges and the roads between them.
- 01 Lakes of Tajikistan Five lakes, from a day trip out of Dushanbe to one that takes days on foot.
- 02 Iskanderkul A moraine-dammed lake at 2,200 metres in the Fann Mountains, and the one most visitors reach. Sughd · 2195 m
- 03 Sarez Lake Made in a single night in 1911, held back by the tallest natural dam in the world. GBAO · 3263 m
- 04 Kulikalon A basin of connected lakes below Mirali and Maria, and a standard base for trekking the Fanns. Sughd · 2800 m
- 05 Zorkul A high lake on the Afghan border, a wetland reserve, and the head of the Amu Darya system. GBAO · 4125 m
- 06 Nurek Reservoir Not a natural lake but the reservoir behind the dam that supplies most of the country's electricity. Khatlon · 900 m
- 07 Gorno-Badakhshan The eastern half of the country, almost entirely above 3,000 metres, and the only region you need a permit to enter.
- 08 Sughd The north, beyond the Fann Mountains, opening onto the Fergana Valley and the old Silk Road towns.
- 09 Khatlon The southwest lowlands, the country's cotton belt and its most densely settled farmland.
- 10 Dushanbe The capital, administered separately from the regions that surround it.
- 11 Districts of Republican Subordination The central districts around the capital, reaching north into the Fann Mountains.