Rasht Valley
The Rasht Valley ( Tajik : Водии Рашт Wodii Rasht , also: Rasht Valley , Karotegin ) is a landscape in northern Tajikistan . The valley is traversed by the river Wachsch , a headwaters of the Amudaryas .
location
The valley lies northeast of the Tajik capital Dushanbe in the Nohija Rash of the Nohijahoi tobei dschumhurij . The valley is surrounded by the Alai mountains , the Peter I chain and the Karategin mountain range . The valley extends to the Tajik- Kyrgyz border. The bottom of the valley is bordered by mountain slopes rising like a terrace.
population
The total population of the valley is around 300,000, mostly Tajik and Kyrgyz people .
places
The main town of the region is the district capital Gharm , located in the middle of the valley at an altitude of 1370 meters. Almost 8,000 people live in the city on the Wachsch. Other places in the valley are Jirgatol , Tojikobot , Damburacha and Kanyshbek .
religion
In comparison to many other regions of Tajikistan, the Rasht Valley is strongly Muslim . This is reflected in the many mosques in the valley.
economy
Agriculture is central to the region's economy. Most of the inhabitants of the region live from the cultivation of fruits, vegetables and cereals, especially apples, potatoes and wheat. The goods produced are sold in the region or brought to the capital, Dushanbe, southwest of the Rasht Valley.
Rogun Dam
The construction of the Rogun Dam , the highest of its kind in the world, has an impact on the region . The country's largest infrastructure project is located further south on the course of the Wachsch. On November 16, 2018, Tajik President Emomalij Rahmon put the power plant's first turbine into operation. The project has major social consequences for the region, as the dam will require the resettlement of up to 42,000 people.
history
In the Tajik civil war from 1992 to 1997, the Rasht Valley was a center of opposition forces and thus also a scene of violent clashes between the troops of the ruling coalition and the opposition. After the end of the civil war, among other things, the United Nations development program tried to improve living conditions in the Rasht Valley with reconstruction projects . In 2010 violence broke out again in the Rasht Valley after Islamist forces withdrew into the Rasht Valley after the attack on a maximum security prison and several attacks. The Tajik government troops cracked down on the Islamists, all connections to the region were cut and reporting was not possible. At the end of the operation, more than 100 people were dead, including leading Islamists and liberated prisoners.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sonja Bill, Dagmar Schreiber: Tajikistan: With Dushanbe, Pamir and Fan Mountains . 2nd Edition. Trescher Verlag, Berlin 2016, p. 155 ff .
- ^ Tajikistan: Highest dam in the world in operation . In: news.ORF.at . November 16, 2018 ( orf.at [accessed November 23, 2018]).
- ↑ "We Suffered When We Came Here" | Rights Violations Linked to Resettlements for Tajikistan's Rogun Dam . In: Human Rights Watch . June 25, 2014 ( hrw.org [accessed November 23, 2018]).
- ↑ Thomas Kunze, Thomas Vogel: The end of the empire: What became of the states of the Soviet Union . 2nd Edition. Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2015.
- ↑ Thomas Kunze: Central Asia: Portrait of a Region . Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin.