Ishkashim
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اشکاشم Ishkashim |
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 43 ' N , 71 ° 34' E | ||
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| Country | Afghanistan | ||
| Badakhshan | |||
| District | Ishkashim | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | AF-BDS | ||
| height | 2660 m | ||
Ishkashim , even Ishkashim, Eshkashem ( Persian اشکاشم), in the historical travel literature Scassem , is the capital of the district of the same name in the province of Badakhshan in northeastern Afghanistan .
Ishkashim is 150 kilometers by road from Faizabad and lies on the left bank of the Pandsch , the headwaters of the Amu Darya , which forms the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan and which turns north at Ishkashim from the Wachan corridor . On the other side of the river is the Tajik town of Ishkoshim , with which it has been connected since October 31, 2006 by three truss girder bridges between 37 m and 25 m long for vehicles up to 30 t over the Pandsch, which branches out into different arms, which is largely from Aga Khan Development Network funded. On the Tajik island there is a market every Saturday, if the security situation allows and no other political reasons stand in the way, to which the Afghan traders without a visa have access. The Afghans bring their goods across the bridge on foot and in handcarts.
Ishkashim has including the surrounding villages 12,120 inhabitants (2006), the majority of the religious community of nizari belong to the largest group of the Shiites belonging Ismailis . The place was on the historical caravan routes from Afghanistan to Yarkant and Kashgar . The remains of a small fortress can still be seen in the village.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Inauguration of the Ishkashim Bridge (Ishkashim, Tajikistan). Aga Khan Development Network, October 31, 2006.
- ↑ Hagen Ettner: Tajik-Afghan border markets. Potentials and Limitations. In: Central Asia Analyzes No. 79–80 , July 25, 2014, p. 3.
- ↑ Derek Waller: The Pundits . The University Press of Kentucky, Kentucky 1990, ISBN 0-8131-1666-X (available here in Google Book Search).