Vrang is a village and jamoat located in the Wakhan region of Tajikistan. It is located in Ishkoshim District in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region. The jamoat has a total population of 6,541 (2015).
Religion
Vrang is home to a stupa of unknown origin, which may have originally been a Zoroastrian fire temple.3
References
Salopek, Paul (October 2, 2017). "The Ruby Sellers of Vrang". National Geographic Magazine. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/out-of-eden-walk/articles/2017-10-ruby-sellers-vrang/ ↩
Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 5 October 2020 http://untj.org/jambi-project/index.php/maps-statistics/demography ↩
Salopek, Paul (October 2, 2017). "The Ruby Sellers of Vrang". National Geographic Magazine. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/out-of-eden-walk/articles/2017-10-ruby-sellers-vrang/ ↩