Murghab, Tajikistan


Murghab, formerly Pamirski Post is the capital of Murghob District in the Pamir Mountains of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan. With a population of 4,000, Murghab is about the only significant town the eastern half of Gorno-Badakhshan. It is the highest town in Tajikistan at 3,650 m above sea level. It located at the junction of the Murghab River and the Pamir Highway.
The Pamir Highway goes north to Sary-Tash and on to Osh in Kyrgyzstan and southwest to the region's capital Khorog. Another road goes east over the Kulma Pass to the Karakoram Highway in China connecting to Tashkurgan to the south and Kashgar in the north.

Pamirsky Post

The place was founded by the Russians as Pamirsky Post in 1893, as their most advanced military outpost into Central Asia.
The modern town was constructed during the period of Soviet rule of Tajikistan as a rest stop along the Pamir Highway.

Geography

Climate

Murghab has an alpine tundra climate in the Köppen climate classification. The average annual temperature is. The warmest month is July with an average temperature of and the coolest month is January with an average temperature of. The average annual precipitation is and has an average of 87.1 days with precipitation. The wettest month is May with an average of of precipitation and the driest month is September with an average of of precipitation.