Zebak (also Zibak or Zebok) is the capital of the Zebak District

Zebak District

Zebak District is one of the 29 districts of Badakhshan Province in eastern Afghanistan. It is home to approximately 7,000 residents, most living in Zebak, the district capital. The Tajik peoples in the district speak Sanglechi-Ishkashmi language, also referred to as Zebaki....

 in the Badakhshan province

Badakhshan Province

Badakhshan is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, consisting of 28 districts. It is located in the north-east of the country, between the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya. It is part of the Badakhshan region.-Geography:...

 of 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...

. The city is based in the delta of the Sanglich river.

It lies at the foot of the Daliz Pass on one of the natural routes that connects it with 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....

 approximately 35 kilometers to the north, and with Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

 which is just 20 kilometers to the south. It has a distincive landscape and is known for its scenic pasture and natural springs.

Its inhabitants are Ismaili

Ismaili

' is a branch of Shia Islam. It is the second largest branch of Shia Islam, after the Twelvers...

 and have a unique language and culture. They speak the Sanglechi-Ishkashmi

Ishkashimi language

The Ishkashimi language is one of the Pamir languages of the Southeastern Iranian language group. Its distribution is in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in Tajikistan, Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan and Chitral region of Pakistan....

 language.

Nearby villages are Gol Khaneh (1.8 nm), Khal Khan

Khal Khan

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 (0.8 nm), Naw Abad (2.0 nm), Ziak

Ziak

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(3.7 nm) and Kedah (1.4 nm).

From 2005 on, NGOs have committed a great deal of effort to constructing new roads in the area, with great success. Most of the people in the area live as farmers, growing the land and taking care of great hordes of sheep.