Rushan is a town located in the Rushon District

Rushon district

Rushon District or Nohiya-i Rushon is a district in east Tajikistan, in the west-central part of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province . It stretches along the Bartang River between the Yazgulem Range to the north and the Rushon Range to the south...

 of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province

Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province

Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province is an autonomous, mountainous province in the east of Tajikistan. Located in the Pamir Mountains, it makes up 45% of the land area of the country but only 3% of the population....

 in Tajikistan

Tajikistan

Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....

 on the border with Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

 65 km north of Khorugh. It is also known as Vomar and is the capital of Rushon District

Rushon district

Rushon District or Nohiya-i Rushon is a district in east Tajikistan, in the west-central part of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province . It stretches along the Bartang River between the Yazgulem Range to the north and the Rushon Range to the south...

. It is on the Panj River

Panj River

The Panj River , also known as Pyandzh River or Piandj River , is a tributary of the Amu Darya. The river is 1,125 km long and forms a considerable part of the Afghanistan - Tajikistan border....

 just downstream from the mouth of the Bartang River at the point where the Panj briefly truns west before resuming its northerly course. There is a small museum and the ruins of a Bukharan fort.