The town of Khorog (Tajik Хорӯғ, also transliterated as Khoroq, Khorogh, Khorugh, or Xoroq) is the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region in Tajikistan. It has a population of around 22,000. Khorog is located along the Panj River near the border with Afghanistan. Tajik or Tadjik (own name: Taҗйкы, Tojikí, تاجیکی in Persian script) is a descendant of the Persian language spoken in Central Asia. ... Transliteration in a narrow sense is a mapping from one system of writing into another. ... Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAR) is a mountainous province (region) of Tajikistan. ... The Panj River also called the Pyandzh River is a tributary of the Amu Darya, in Afghanistan. ...

History

Until the late 19th century, Khorog was in an area disputed between the Emir of Bukhara, Shah of Afghanistan, Russia and Britain. The Russians emerged the winners of the region after The Great Game, which fixed the current northern border of Afghanistan on the Panj River and established the territory of Russian Pamir around Khorog. Following the fall of czarist Russia and the rise of the Soviet Union, Khrorog became the capital of Gorno-Badakhshan in 1925. Soviet leaders encouraged the migration of settlers to the area with promises of pay, medals and automobiles, but with no industry and little arable land, the effort was not successful. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bukhara (Buxoro or Бухоро in Uzbek (the Cyrillic alphabet was officially phased out for Uzbek after independence); بُخارا /Bukhârâ/ in Persian, Buhe/Puhe Tang Chinese, Бухара in Russian; also Boxara in Tatar) is one of... Central Asia, circa 1848 The Great Game is a term, usually attributed to Arthur Conolly, used to describe the rivalry and strategic conflict between the British Empire and the Tsarist Russian Empire for supremacy in Central Asia. ... Russian Pamir makes now the province of Gorniy Badakhshan of Tadjikistan (Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon). ... Tsar, (Bulgarian цар�, Russian царь; often spelled Czar or Tzar in English), was the title used for the autocratic rulers of the First and Second Bulgarian Empires since 913, in Serbia in the middle of the 14th century, and in Russia from 1547 to 1917. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Facilities

Modern Khorog is one of the poorest areas of Tajikistan, with the charitable Aga Khan Foundation providing almost the only source of cash income. However, the city does have its own university (founded in 1992), twelve schools, and several hospitals. Allegorical personification of Charity as a mother with three infants by Anthony van Dyck Charity is a term that refers to giving. ... The Aga Khan Foundation is a non-denominational, non-governmental development agency founded in 1967 by Aga Khan IV and based in Switzerland. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Transportation

Khorog is situated along the Pamir Highway, which connects it to the capital city of Dushanbe toward the west, and to the Republic of Kyrgyzstan to the east and north. The highway is very difficult to pass in both directions, especially during winter and spring. Khorog also has a small airport, which can only accommodate very small capacity airplanes and helicopters. The Pamir Highway travels through the Central Asian nations of Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. ... Dushanbe Dushanbe (Душанбе), population of more than 536,000 people (2000 census), is the capital of Tajikistan. ...

References

• Gorgâni, Tirdâd (May 2005)."Welcome to Xoroq (Khorogh)". Retrieved September 2, 2005.