Gharm
{{Short description|Place in Tajikistan}}
{{Distinguish|Garmr}}
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|subdivision_name2 = Rasht District
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Gharm{{efn|{{Langx|tg|Ғарм|G‘arm}}, {{IPA|tg|ˈʁaɾm|IPA}}; {{Langx|ru|Гарм|Garm}}, {{IPA|ru|garm|IPA}}}} is a city and jamoat in the Rasht Valley area of central Tajikistan. The population of the town is 9,800 (January 2020 estimate).{{cite web|url=http://stat.ww.tj/posts/July2020/macmua_20201.pdf |title=Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020 |publisher=Statistics office of Tajikistan |access-date=14 October 2020 |language=ru }}
From the 1920s until 1955, there was a Gharm Oblast in Tajikistan, which included the territory of the current Gharm Valley. Gharm is also the former name of the Rasht District in central Tajikistan.
History
During the 1920s Gharm was a hotbed for the Basmachi, the anti-Soviet resistance in Central Asia. In 1929 Basmachi commander Faizal Maksum crossed from Afghanistan into Tajikistan and briefly captured Gharm, only to later be expelled by Soviet forces.{{Cite journal |last=Ritter |first=William S |author-link=Scott Ritter |year=1990 |title=Revolt in the Mountains: Fuzail Maksum and the Occupation of Garm, Spring 1929 |journal=Journal of Contemporary History |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages= 547–580|doi=10.1177/002200949002500408 |s2cid=159486304 }}{{Cite journal |last=Ritter |first=William S |author-link=Scott Ritter |year=1985 |title= The Final Phase in the Liquidation of Anti-Soviet Resistance in Tadzhikistan: Ibrahim Bek and the Basmachi, 1924-31 |journal=Soviet Studies |volume=37 |issue=4 |pages=484–493 |doi=10.1080/09668138508411604}}
File:Garm-stadium.jpg in the south of the town.]]
During the Civil War in Tajikistan from 1992 to 1997, Gharm was a hotbed for the opposition force, and the town was controlled by the opposition during the later part of the civil war in Tajikistan. In October 2010, the Tajik Interior Ministry asserted it had killed three militants on the outskirts of Gharm amid an alleged rise in Islamic militancy in the region.{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11565443 | work=BBC News | title=Tajikistan says restive east is under control | date=18 October 2010}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajikistan_Says_Kills_Three_Suspected_Islamist_Militants/2193377.html|title = Tajikistan Kills 'Suspected Militants'}}
Climate
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|location = Gharm
|metric first = Y
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|Jan high C = 0
|Feb high C = 1
|Mar high C = 6
|Apr high C = 13
|May high C = 12
|Jun high C = 16
|Jul high C = 18
|Aug high C = 18
|Sep high C = 19
|Oct high C = 14
|Nov high C = 9
|Dec high C = 3
|year high C = 11
|Jan low C = −4
|Feb low C = -3
|Mar low C = 1
|Apr low C = 6
|May low C = 7
|Jun low C = 9
|Jul low C = 11
|Aug low C = 12
|Sep low C = 8
|Oct low C = 5
|Nov low C = 3
|Dec low C = -1
|year low C = 5
|Jan precipitation mm = 24
|Feb precipitation mm = 30
|Mar precipitation mm = 51
|Apr precipitation mm = 36
|May precipitation mm = 21
|Jun precipitation mm = 6
|Jul precipitation mm = 3
|Aug precipitation mm = 3
|Sep precipitation mm = 6
|Oct precipitation mm = 15
|Nov precipitation mm = 18
|Dec precipitation mm = 39
|year precipitation mm = 253
|Jan precipitation days = 7
|Feb precipitation days = 8
|Mar precipitation days = 9
|Apr precipitation days = 7
|May precipitation days = 5
|Jun precipitation days = 4
|Jul precipitation days = 3
|Aug precipitation days = 2
|Sep precipitation days = 1
|Oct precipitation days = 5
|Nov precipitation days = 5
|Dec precipitation days = 9
|year precipitation days = 65
|source 1 = World Weather Online{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldweatheronline.com/v2/weather-averages.aspx?q=Gharm,%20Tajikistan
| title = Gharm Monthly Climate Average, Tajikistan
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Notes
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References
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{{Districts of Republican Subordination}}
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Category:Populated places in Districts of Republican Subordination
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