Official Name: | Roshorv |
Native Name: | Рошорв |
Pushpin Map: | Tajikistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tajikistan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Tajikistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Rushon District |
Coordinates: | 38.3178°N 72.3247°W |
Roshorv (Tajik: Рошорв) is a village in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, southeastern Tajikistan.[1] It is part of the jamoat Savnob in Rushon District.[2] It lies on the upper reaches of the river Bartang.
Roshorv is situated on a plateau and is settled and has cultivated land. In his journey the Pamir Mountains in 1897-98, British agent Ralph Cobbold passed through Roshorv. In his memoirs Cobbold stated that the village had fifty houses.[3]
The population of Roshorv is Tajik and speaks a district dialect of the Rushani language.[4]