Navobod, Rasht District

Navobod Навобод
Town and Jamoat
Navobod
Coordinates: 39°00′39″N 70°09′00″E
Country	Tajikistan
Region	Districts of Republican Subordination
District	Rasht District
Population  (2020)
• Total	5,500
Time zone	UTC+5 (TJT)

Navobod (Tajik: Навобод, Persian: نوآباد) is a town and jamoat in Tajikistan. It is located in Rasht District, one of the Districts of Republican Subordination. The population of the town is 5,500 (January 2020 estimate).[1]

The town is east of Dushanbe 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 located on a steep hillside at the confluence of three tributaries of the Vakhsh. On the other bank of the Vakhsh are the approx. 3700 m high western foothills of the Peter I Range.

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. "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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 Kills 'Suspected Militants'".