Gharm | |
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  Gharm Location in Tajikistan | |
| Coordinates:39°01′N70°23′E / 39.017°N 70.383°E /39.017; 70.383 | |
| Country |  Tajikistan |
| Region | Districts of Republican Subordination |
| District | Rasht District |
| Elevation | 1,355 m (4,446 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 9,800 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 |
Gharm[a] is a city andjamoat in theRasht Valley area of centralTajikistan. The population of the town is 9,800 (January 2020 estimate).[1]
From the 1920s until 1955, there was aGharm Oblast in Tajikistan, which included the territory of the current Gharm Valley. Gharm is also the former name of theRasht District in central Tajikistan.
During the 1920s Gharm was a hotbed for theBasmachi, the anti-Soviet resistance inCentral Asia. In 1929 Basmachi commanderFaizal Maksum crossed from Afghanistan into Tajikistan and briefly captured Gharm, only to later be expelled by Soviet forces.[2][3]
During theCivil War in Tajikistan from 1992 to 1997, Gharm was a hotbed for the opposition force, and the town was controlled by the opposition during the later part of the civil war in Tajikistan. In October 2010, the TajikInterior Ministry asserted it had killed three militants on the outskirts of Gharm amid an alleged rise in Islamic militancy in the region.[4][5]
| Climate data for Gharm | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0 (32) | 1 (34) | 6 (43) | 13 (55) | 12 (54) | 16 (61) | 18 (64) | 18 (64) | 19 (66) | 14 (57) | 9 (48) | 3 (37) | 11 (52) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4 (25) | −3 (27) | 1 (34) | 6 (43) | 7 (45) | 9 (48) | 11 (52) | 12 (54) | 8 (46) | 5 (41) | 3 (37) | −1 (30) | 5 (41) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 24 (0.9) | 30 (1.2) | 51 (2.0) | 36 (1.4) | 21 (0.8) | 6 (0.2) | 3 (0.1) | 3 (0.1) | 6 (0.2) | 15 (0.6) | 18 (0.7) | 39 (1.5) | 253 (10.0) |
| Average precipitation days | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 65 |
| Source: World Weather Online[6] | |||||||||||||
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