Official Name: | Qal'ai Khumb |
Native Name: | Russian: Калаихум Persian: قلعۀ خمب |
Pushpin Map: | Tajikistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 280 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tajikistan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Darvoz district |
Established Date: | XV |
Population Total: | 1909 |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
Timezone Dst: | GMT |
Utc Offset Dst: | +5 |
Coordinates: | 38.4664°N 70.7967°W |
Elevation M: | 1200 |
Postal Code: | 736400 |
Area Code: | +992 3552 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Csa |
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Qal'ai Khumb (Russian: Калаихум, Tajik: Қалъаи Хумб, Qal‘a‘i Xumb/Qal'haji Xumв — meaning fortress on the banks of the river of Khumb) or Qal'a-i-Khum, also Kalai-Khumb (transliterated from Russian: Калай-Хумб), is a border town located in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan, next to the border with Afghanistan. In the past it was the center of the independent Principality of Darvaz.[2] It is now the capital of the Darvoz District of Tajikistan. The Pamir Highway meets here the Panj River.
The town is an important overnight rest stop between Kulob and Khorugh, located at a distance of from Kulob (or from Dushanbe) and from Khorugh.[3] It has several hotels to accommodate travelers on their way between cities.[4] The town is almost entirely surrounded by the Pamir Mountains.
The town is connected by road with Afghanistan via the Tajik–Afghan Friendship Bridge. The Saturday cross-border trade market, which was closed for several years,[5] has been reopened recently.[6] [7] [8]