Dahana () is a village and a
jamoat (rural municipality) in
Tajikistan
Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...
, in central Asia. It is part of the city of
Kulob in
Khatlon Region
Khatlon Region (), one of the four provinces of Tajikistan, is the most populous of the four first-level administrative regions in the country. It is situated in the southwest of the country, between the Hisor Range, Hisor (Gissar) Range in the n ...
. The jamoat has a total population of 29,776 (2015).
[Jamoat-level basic indicators]
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 8 October 2020 Its administrative seat is in the village of Dahana.
The area is almost entirely agricultural, crops and livestock. The farmers utilize the water from the river Yakhsu for irrigation. There is some
artisanal mining
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a blanket term for a type of subsistence mining involving a miner who may or may not be officially employed by a List of mining companies, mining company but works independently, mining minerals using the ...
.
Dahana Jamoat suffers from periodic flooding. In May 2010 unusual heavy precipitation triggered avalanches, floods, mud and rock flows, and landslides throughout Kulob District.
On 7 May 2010, in Yokhsuchiyon village,
mudflow
A mudflow, also known as mudslide or mud flow, is a form of mass wasting involving fast-moving flow of debris and dirt that has become liquified by the addition of water. Such flows can move at speeds ranging from 3 meters/minute to 5 meters/se ...
s completely destroyed the school building.
[http://www.jahonnamo.tj/en/president/28988-opening-of-secondary-schoolnumber-34-inthe-dahana-village-of-kulob-city.html]
The climate is arid, and the main sectors of the community's economy are cotton, fruit and vegetables, livestock, and grain. The community's lands are irrigated by the Yahsu River and the Dahana River.
The rural community has libraries, houses of culture, mosques, markets for consumer goods, many service facilities, vocational and technical lyceums of agricultural industry, kindergartens, health centers, secondary schools, bank branches, repair shops, small ironworks aqueous, is an oily substance.
Notes
Jamoats of Tajikistan
Populated places in Khatlon Region
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