Humdon

Humdon (Chumdon, Persian: هومدان‎) is a town and jamoat in central Tajikistan. It is located in Nurobod District, Tajikistan in Districts of Republican Subordination province.[1]

Humdon
Town and Jamoat
Coordinates: 38.882080°N 70.100198°E / 38.882080; 70.100198
Country Tajikistan
ProvinceDistricts of Republican Subordination
DistrictNurobod District, Tajikistan
Elevation
1,355 m (4,446 ft)
Time zoneUTC+5 (TJT)

Geography

Chumdon, Tajikistan is east of Dushanbe on the Pamir Highway, in the Vakhsh River valley and has a Köppen climate classification of Dsa and experiences wet and cold winters with dry cool summers. The town is both a river crossing and highway junction. Chumdon is located at 38° 53' 51" N and 70° 08' 10" E[2] The Petra Pervogo Range with a height of 4,745 is nearby.

History

During the 1920s the area was a hotbed for the Basmachi, the anti-Soviet resistance in Central Asia.[3][4]

During the Civil War in Tajikistan from 1992 to 1997, the area was a hotbed for Islamist forces, and October 2010, the Tajik Interior Ministry asserted it had killed three militants nearby at Gharm amid an alleged rise in Islamic militancy in the region.[5][6]

References
  1. "List of Jamoats". UN Coordination, Tajikistan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
  2. Chumdon: Tajikistan, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA.
  3. Ritter, William S (1990). "Revolt in the Mountains: Fuzail Maksum and the Occupation of Garm, Spring 1929". Journal of Contemporary History. 25: 547. doi:10.1177/002200949002500408.
  4. Ritter, William S (1985). "The Final Phase in the Liquidation of Anti-Soviet Resistance in Tadzhikistan: Ibrahim Bek and the Basmachi, 1924-31". Soviet Studies. 37 (4). doi:10.1080/09668138508411604.
  5. "Tajikistan says restive east is under control". BBC News. 18 October 2010.
  6. "Tajikistan Says Kills Three Suspected Islamist Militants". rferl.org. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
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