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Not to be confused with
Garmr
.
Place in Districts of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan
Gharm
(
Tajik
:
?арм
,
tr.
Gharm;
Russian
:
Гарм
,
tr.
Garm
;
Persian
:
???
,
tr.
Gharm) is a city and
jamoat
in the
Rasht Valley
area of central
Tajikistan
. The population of the town is 9,800 (January 2020 estimate).
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From the 1920s until 1955 there was a
Gharm Oblast
in Tajikistan, which included the territory of the current Gharm Valley. Gharm is also the former name of the
Rasht District
in central Tajikistan.
History
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During the 1920s Gharm was a hotbed for the
Basmachi
, the anti-
Soviet
resistance in Central Asia. In 1929 Basmachi commander
Faizal Maksum
crossed from Afghanistan into Tajikistan and briefly captured Gharm, only to later be expelled by Soviet forces.
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During the
Civil 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 Tajik
Interior Ministry
asserted it had killed three militants on the outskirts of Gharm amid an alleged rise in Islamic militancy in the region.
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Climate
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Climate data for Gharm
|
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)
|
Average
precipitation
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
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