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Gharmayn

Coordinates: 39°10′14″N 69°8′28″E / 39.17056°N 69.14111°E / 39.17056; 69.14111
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Gharmayn
Gharmayn is located in Tajikistan
Gharmayn
Gharmayn
Location in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 39°10′14″N 69°8′28″E / 39.17056°N 69.14111°E / 39.17056; 69.14111
Country Tajikistan
RegionSughd Region
DistrictAyni District
Elevation
2,700 m (8,900 ft)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total
49

Gharmayn (Tajik: Ғармайн, Russian: Гармен Garmen, Yaghnobi: Ғармен Gharmen) is a village in Sughd Region, northwestern Tajikistan. It is part of the jamoat Anzob in the Ayni District.[1] Its population was 49 in 2007.[2] It is sometimes divided into a lower part (Domani Gharmen) and an upper part (Sari Gharmen).

The village consisted a several dwellings, that typically of Yaghnobi villages are constructed of dry stone walls and flat roofs. The village is connected by a road and possesses a water mill. The main crops are potatoes which are grown on the steep slope that the village sits on. There is not terracing.

References

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  1. ^ Village Gharmain, tojkiston.ucoz.ru
  2. ^ "Brief Scientific Feasibility Study and Proposed Pre-Project Activities for Establishing the Yaghnob Natural Ethnography Park" (PDF) (in Russian). Тajik Social-Ecological Union (ТСОЭС). 2007. p. 43. Retrieved 28 October 2020.