Desire for Discovery: Epic Journey Along Afghanistan's Khorog - Kalaykumb
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2023
- Today we would like to show you some places that are rarely visited by an average tourist. The border zone between Tajikistan and Afghanistan, where the river Panj leads from Tajikistan to Afghanistan. Historically, this river divides two countries here and, one may say, two different worlds.
Panj translates from Tajik as "number: Five". This river is formed at the confluence of the Pamir and Vakhandarya rivers. The confluence of the Panj with the Vakhsh River forms one of the longest and most full-flowing rivers in Central Asia - the Amu Darya.
The height of the source of the Panj is 2817 m above the sea level. The river flows between Tajikistan on the right bank and Afghanistan on the left.
The length of the Panj is 921 km and the basin area is 114,000 km². The average water flow is 1,000 m³/sec. Water from the river is used mainly for irrigation in both countries.
Khorog is the administrative centre of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast.
It is located in the southwestern part of the province and borders Afghanistan in the West. It is 525km from Khorogh to Dushanbe.
Khorog is the tourist centre of the Pamirs. Many tourist routes begin here. Tourists from around the world, year after year, come here to see the unique nature, mountains covered with eternal snow, Lake Sarez and other beauties of the Pamirs.
The town is situated at an altitude of 2200 m above sea level. It is one of the highest cities in the former Soviet Union and the highest city in Tajikistan.
The climate in Khorog is semi-arid. During the year, there is a small amount of precipitation. The average annual temperature here is 9.3°C.
Khorog is an important regional centre for commerce, transport and education. The town's educational institutions include: Khorog State University, a branch of International University of Central Asia, and the Aga Khan Foundation Lyceum.
The strategically important Pamir road passes through Khorog, connecting it to Dushanbe and Kyrgyz Osh.
There is a road that connects the city to China via the Kulma-Karakorum Pass. It provides the main flow of imports into the town. The Aga Khan Foundation has built five bridges here on rivers Panj, Ishkashim, Shugnan, Vanj and Darvaz.
The population of Khorog is more than 30,000 thousand people.
The Pamir languages spoken by the local population belong to the south-eastern groups of the Iranian branch of the Indo-European family of languages. There are differences from Tajik, as it belongs to the southwestern group of Iranian languages.
By the way, on the eastern outskirts of the city you may find the Pamir Botanical Garden. It is the highest in the CIS (2,320m) and the second highest in the world after the Nepalese. On the territory of the botanical garden one can see more than 4 thousand species of plants from all over the world.
Kalai-Khumb is the centre of the Darvaz district in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region. The name translates as: "Fortress on the Khumb River".
This village is located 1200m above the sea level. It is 368km from Dushanbe and borders Afghanistan.
It is 235km from Khorog to Qalai Khumb. It has a population of over 2,500 people.
According to historical records, Qalai Khumb was founded in 15th century as a fortress. It was the capital of the independent shahdom of Darvaz until 1878.
It was an outpost on the Pamir border where the eastern frontier of the Timurid Empire was guarded.
But despite all the hardships on the way, the landscape, with its high mountains and powerful stream of the Panj River, is very impressive. From here you can see the life of the Afghans on the other side of the river and wish us all: peaceful skies over our heads!
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Beautiful country. From Tajikistan🇹🇯🇹🇯🇹🇯 great mountains only in Tajikistan
There are indeed beautiful mountains in Tajikistan, but also in Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan.
Tajikistan most beautiful nature. 93% region only mountains.
Beautiful
Thanx a lot!
Danke für das imposante Video von der Grenzregion am Panj. Eine beeindruckende Landschaft. Eure Videos zeigen mir weit entfernte unbekannte Regionen. Super Qualität der Filmaufnahmen und beste Reportage. Macht weiter so 🙏🙏🙏
Danke vielmals, lieber Andreas, wir tun unser Bestes.
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