The village is an important overnight rest stop between Kulob and Khorugh, located at a distance of 168 km from Kulob (or 368 km from Dushanbe) and 235 km from Khorugh.[3] It has several hostels to accommodate travelers on their way between cities.[4] The village is almost entirely surrounded by the Pamir Mountains.
On the Afghan border Kalai-Khumb has one of the three bridges over the Panj river. On the Sunday market there used to be trades from Afghanistan near this bridge. Although Kalai-Khumb now has no such market.[5]
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^"КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
khumb, russian, Калаихум, tajik, Қалъаи, Хумб, xumb, haji, xumв, meaning, fortress, banks, river, khumb, khum, also, kalai, khumb, transliterated, from, russian, Калай, Хумб, small, town, located, gorno, badakhshan, autonomous, region, tajikistan, border, with. Qal ai Khumb Russian Kalaihum Tajik Қalai Humb Qal a i Xumb Qal haji Xumv meaning fortress on the banks of the river of Khumb or Qal a i Khum also Kalai Khumb transliterated from Russian Kalaj Humb is a small town located in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region in Tajikistan on the border with Afghanistan Formerly it was the capital of the independent Principality of Darvaz 2 Now it is the capital of the Darvoz District of Tajikistan Here the Pamir Highway meets the Panj River Qal ai Khumb Russian Kalaihum Қalai Humb in Tajik قلعۀ خمب in Persian View from eastern end of town near mosque Qal ai KhumbLocation in TajikistanCoordinates 38 27 59 N 70 47 48 E 38 46639 N 70 79667 E 38 46639 70 79667Country TajikistanRegionGorno Badakhshan Autonomous RegionDistrictDarvoz districtElevation1 200 m 3 900 ft Population Total1 909Time zoneUTC 5 GMT Summer DST UTC 5 GMT Area code 992 3552ClimateCsaOfficial languagesRussian Interethnic Tajik State 1 The village is an important overnight rest stop between Kulob and Khorugh located at a distance of 168 km from Kulob or 368 km from Dushanbe and 235 km from Khorugh 3 It has several hostels to accommodate travelers on their way between cities 4 The village is almost entirely surrounded by the Pamir Mountains On the Afghan border Kalai Khumb has one of the three bridges over the Panj river On the Sunday market there used to be trades from Afghanistan near this bridge Although Kalai Khumb now has no such market 5 References edit KONSTITUCIYa RESPUBLIKI TADZhIKISTAN prokuratura tj Parliament of Tajikistan Retrieved 9 January 2020 Grevemeyer Jan Heeren 1994 DARVAZ Encyclopedia Iranica Transport projects in Tajikistan in Russian Retrieved on 26 June 2009 Qalai Khumb and Yoged Caravanistan Retrieved 2019 12 19 Kalai Khumb Retrieved March 23 2021 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Qal ai Khumb nbsp This article related to Central Asian history is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Tajikistan location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Qal 27ai Khumb amp oldid 1177262642, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
