Khumdon
Khumdon (formerly Navdonak; Tajik: Хумдон, Persian: خومدان) is a village and jamoat in central Tajikistan. It is located in Nurobod District, one of the Districts of Republican Subordination.
Geography
Khumdon 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.
History
During the 1920s the area was a hotbed for the Basmachi, the anti-Soviet resistance in Central Asia.
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.
References
- ^ "List of Jamoats". UN Coordination, Tajikistan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
- ^ Ritter, William S (1990). "Revolt in the Mountains: Fuzail Maksum and the Occupation of Garm, Spring 1929". Journal of Contemporary History. 25 (4): 547–580. doi:10.1177/002200949002500408. S2CID 159486304.
- ^ 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): 484–493. doi:10.1080/09668138508411604.
- ^ "Tajikistan says restive east is under control". BBC News. 18 October 2010.
- ^ "Tajikistan Says Kills Three Suspected Islamist Militants". rferl.org. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
Capital: Dushanbe | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
 | This Tajikistan location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |