Rushon (Rŭshon)
Rushon (Рӯшон, Рушан Rushan,, Pamiri: Ręxon) is a village and the seat of Rushon District of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in southeastern Tajikistan. The jamoat has a total population of 6,577 (2015).
Locally known as Vamar (, Pamiri: Vamár) it is a town located in the Rushon District on the border with Afghanistan 65 km north of Khorugh. It was known as Kala-i Vamar until 1932. It is on the river Panj just downstream from the mouth of the Bartang at the point where the Panj briefly turns west before resuming its northerly course. There is a small museum and the ruins of a Kala-i Vamar (Vamardiž) a mediaeval era fort.
Locally known as Vamar (, Pamiri: Vamár) it is a town located in the Rushon District on the border with Afghanistan 65 km north of Khorugh. It was known as Kala-i Vamar until 1932. It is on the river Panj just downstream from the mouth of the Bartang at the point where the Panj briefly turns west before resuming its northerly course. There is a small museum and the ruins of a Kala-i Vamar (Vamardiž) a mediaeval era fort.
Map - Rushon (Rŭshon)
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The territory that now constitutes Tajikistan was previously home to several ancient cultures, including the city of Sarazm of the Neolithic and the Bronze Age and was later home to kingdoms ruled by people of different faiths and cultures, including the Oxus civilization, Andronovo culture, Buddhism, Nestorian Christianity, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, and Islam. The area has been ruled by numerous empires and dynasties, including the Achaemenid Empire, Sasanian Empire, Hephthalite Empire, Samanid Empire, and Mongol Empire. After being ruled by the Timurid Empire and Khanate of Bukhara, the Timurid Renaissance flourished. The region was later conquered by the Russian Empire and subsequently by the Soviet Union. Within the Soviet Union, the country's modern borders were drawn when it was part of Uzbekistan as an autonomous republic before becoming a full-fledged Soviet republic in 1929.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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TJS | Tajikistani somoni | ЅМ | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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RU | Russian language |
TG | Tajik language |