:Qala Wust
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Qala Wust"qala/kala/etc. means "fort", stronghold" in Iranian languages (name variants: Kala Wust, Ūst, Qal‘ah-ye Ūst (BGN standard), Qal‘a-i-Ūst, Qala Ust, Qala Yost, Qal‘eh-ye Vost{{cite web|url=http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp |title=NGA GeoName Database |publisher=National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608190852/http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp |archivedate=June 8, 2008 }} (one has to enter the search term)) is a mountain village in the Wakhan region of the Badakhshan Province, north-eastern Afghanistan.
Qala Wust is a settlement of Tajik highlanders."Himalaje-Karakorum", by Kazimierz Saysse-Tobiczyk, [https://books.google.com/books?id=HjZwAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Qala-i-ust%22 138, 148] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006224710/https://books.google.com/books?id=HjZwAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Qala-i-ust%22 |date=2023-10-06 }}
The village gave names to the Qala Wust Valley,The American Alpine Journal, Volume 15, [https://books.google.com/books?id=h32HVZVyobQC&dq=%22qala-i++ust+valley%22&pg=PA220 p. 220] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006224052/https://books.google.com/books?id=h32HVZVyobQC&dq=%22qala-i++ust+valley%22&pg=PA220 |date=2023-10-06 }}The Himalayan journal, Volume 32, [https://books.google.com/books?id=gC9uAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Qala-i-ust%22 p. 48] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006224320/https://books.google.com/books?id=gC9uAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Qala-i-ust%22 |date=2023-10-06 }} Qala Wust Gneiss formation,Geology of Central Badakhshan and Surrounding Countries, 1975, Istituto di Geologia, Universita de Milano (Italy), [https://books.google.com/books?id=tZI3AAAAIAAJ&dq=%22qala+wust%22&pg=PA300 p. 300] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006224129/https://books.google.com/books?id=tZI3AAAAIAAJ&dq=%22qala+wust%22&pg=PA300 |date=2023-10-06 }} and made a former name (Koh-i Qala-i Ust; koh-i means "mountain of") of the Kohanha massif.