Khumdon

Khumdon Хумдон
Village and Jamoat
Khumdon
Coordinates: 38°54′N 70°08′E
Country	Tajikistan
Region	Districts of Republican Subordination
District	Nurobod District
Elevation	1,355 m (4,446 ft)
Time zone	UTC+5 (TJT)

Khumdon (Tajik: Хумдон, Russian: Хумдон; formerly Navdonak) is a village and jamoat in central Tajikistan. It is located in Nurobod District, one of the Districts of Republican Subordination.[1]

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.[2][3]

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.[4][5]

References

1. "List of Jamoats". UN Coordination, Tajikistan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. "Tajikistan says restive east is under control". BBC News. 18 October 2010.
5. "Tajikistan Says Kills Three Suspected Islamist Militants". rferl.org. Retrieved 2018-09-24.