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Ishkashim (Dari: اشکاشم, Tajik: Ишкошим, Russian: Ишкашим), also transliterated Ishkashem or Eshkashem, is a town in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan,[2] the capital of Ishkashim District. It lies on the Panj River, at a point where its direction turns sharply north. Ishkashim lies opposite a town of the same name in Tajikistan, although the Tajik town is normally transliterated Ishkoshim following Tajik practice. A bridge linking the two towns was reconstructed in 2006.[3]
Ishkashim
Eshkāshem | |
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  Ishkashim Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 36°42′33″N 71°34′26″E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Badakhshan |
| District | Ishkashim |
| Elevation | 8,500 ft (2,600 m) |
| Time zone | + 4.30 |
The town of Ishkashim lies in a fertile valley at an elevation of 3037 meters.[4] There are roughly 20 settlements in the valley, but, considering the cultivation in the valley is contiguous, it could also be considered one single, larger settlement. The total population of the valley is 12,120.[4]
The valley has only one harvest per year. Wheat and barley are cultivated.[5] Poplar and chinar trees grow as well, but there is little firewood.
The climate is generally cold, but much warmer than that of neighboring areas, such as Wakhan.[1]
The people of the town are predominantly Nizārī Ismā'īlī, and are called Ishkashimi. Most of them speak the Ishkashimi language.[1]
The valley lies in an important strategic area, as it commands the only route between Badakhshan, Shighnan, and Wakhan accessible during the winter. There had been a mud fort located in the central village.[1]
Ishkashim was earlier a state of the Emir of Badakhshan on the Upper Oxus River. The lands of the state stretched some 16 miles north of the town of Ishkashim, on both sides of the river, to the border of Gharan. Together with Zebak, Eshkashem was under the direct rule of the naib of Zebak, thus also placing them indirectly under the governor of Badakhshan.[1]
On July 4, 2021, Taliban forces captured the town as part of their nationwide military offensive, forcing local Afghan government forces to flee to neighboring Tajikistan.[6]
Climate
Ishkashim has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dsc) with brief, pleasant summers and cold, snowy winters. The average annual temperature in Ishkashim is −0.3 °C (31.5 °F). About 628.2 mm (24.73 in) of precipitation falls annually.
| Climate data for Ishkashim | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −12.3 (9.9) |
−11.1 (12.0) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
2.9 (37.2) |
7.6 (45.7) |
10.7 (51.3) |
10.8 (51.4) |
7.3 (45.1) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−0.3 (31.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 50.7 (2.00) |
84.6 (3.33) |
96.1 (3.78) |
93.5 (3.68) |
85.2 (3.35) |
54.3 (2.14) |
25.2 (0.99) |
15.7 (0.62) |
17.7 (0.70) |
36.8 (1.45) |
35.6 (1.40) |
32.8 (1.29) |
628.2 (24.73) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 74 | 77 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 62 | 50 | 45 | 41 | 54 | 67 | 70 | 64 |
| Source 1: ClimateCharts[7] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: World Weather Online (precipitation & humidity)[8] | |||||||||||||
References
- Adamec, Ludwig W., ed. (1972). Historical and Political Gazetteer of Afghanistan. Vol. 1. Graz, Austria: Akadamische Druck-u. Verlangsanstalt. p. 85.
- "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2008-05-22. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- "News: Aga Khan and President Rahmonov inaugurate reconstructed bridge in Ishkashim". Asia-Plus. 2006-10-31. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
- Population of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan Archived 2009-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Salopek, Paul (October 16, 2017). "Walking the Wild Rim of War". National Geographic. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
We hail daydreaming Wakhi farmers threshing their crops the Neolithic way, driving their oxen over the wheat in tight circles.
- Pascual Juanola, Marta. "The Taliban conquest of a thin strip of land could change Afghanistan". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- "Climate: Ishkashim - ClimateCharts, Laura Zepner, Pierre Karrasch, Felix Wiemann & Lars Bernard (2020) ClimateCharts.net – an interactive climate analysis web platform, International Journal of Digital Earth, DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2020.1829112". Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- "Humidity: Ishkashim - World Weather Online". Retrieved 25 September 2022.
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На других языках
[de] Ischkaschim
Ischkaschim, auch Ishkashim, Eshkashem (persisch اشکاشم), in der historischen Reiseliteratur Scassem, ist die Hauptstadt des gleichnamigen Distrikts der Provinz Badachschan im Nordosten Afghanistans.- [en] Ishkashim, Afghanistan
[ru] Ишкашим (Афганистан)
Ишкаши́м (дари اشکاشم Eškāšem) — город на северо-востоке Афганистана, в провинции Бадахшан. Административный центр одноимённого района провинции. Расположен на реке Пяндж, на границе с Таджикистаном, в плодородной долине, на высоте 3037 м над уровнем моря[1]. На таджикской стороне реки находится посёлок, также называемый Ишкашим. В 2006 году мост через Пяндж, соединяющий эти два одноимённых населённых пункта, был перестроен — максимальная грузоподъёмность была увеличена с 10 до 30 тонн[2].Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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