Qal’ai Khumb
Qal'ai Khumb or Qal'a-i-Khum, also Kalai-Khumb, is a border town located in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan, next to the border with Afghanistan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 1,830 residents
- Description: place in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan
- Also known as: “Kala Khumb”, “Kala-I-Khamb”, “Kalaikhum”, “Qal’aikhum”, “Qala-i-Khum”, and “Қалаихумб”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ruzvat and Kevran.
Ruzvat
Village
Rusvat or is a village in Gorno-Badakhshan, southern Tajikistan. The village is connected to the Afghan village of Nusay via the Tajik–Afghan Friendship Bridge. Ruzvat is situated 4 km east of Qal’ai Khumb.
Kevran
Village
Kevran is a village in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in the Panj valley. It is located on the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Nearby is the larger town of Kalai-Khumb. It is part of the jamoat Vishkharv in Darvoz District. Kevran is situated 9 km east of Qal’ai Khumb.
Qal’ai Khumb
- Categories: human settlement, residential area, and locality
- Location: Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.45457° or 38° 27′ 17″ northLongitude
70.78862° or 70° 47′ 19″ eastPopulation
1,830Elevation
1,258 metres (4,127 feet)Open location code
8JCGFQ3Q+RCOpenStreetMap ID
way 340589726OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Qal’ai Khumb” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Qalaikhumb”
- Central Kurdish: “قەلعەی خومب”
- Chinese: “洪布堡”
- Dutch: “Qal’ai Khumb”
- Estonian: “Kala’iKhumb”
- Estonian: “Kalai Humb”
- Estonian: “Kalai-Humb”
- French: “Kalai Khumb”
- French: “Kalaï Khumb”
- French: “Kalaïkhoum”
- German: “Qalai Chumb”
- Japanese: “カライクム”
- Kazakh: “Калаихум”
- Lithuanian: “Kalai Chumbas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Qal’ai Khumb”
- Persian: “جماعت قلعه خمب”
- Persian: “جماعت قلعهٔ خمب”
- Persian: “قلعه خمب”
- Persian: “قلعهٔ خمب”
- Persian: “قلعۀ خمب”
- Russian: “Калаи-Хумб”
- Russian: “Калаихум”
- Slovenian: “Kalai Khumb”
- Tajik: “Qal’ai Xumb”
- Tajik: “Qalaikhum”
- Tajik: “Ванҷ”
- Tajik: “Қалаихум”
- Tajik: “Қалъаи Хумб”
- Tajik: “Қалъаихум”
- Ukrainian: “Калаї-Хумб”
- Urdu: “قلعہ خمب”
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