Darmarakh
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Darmarakh is a village
in Badakhshan Province
in north-eastern Afghanistan
. Around the turn of the 20th century, there was a village of this name consisting of seven houses, in the Darmarakh valley, located on the right side of the stream running through the valley. Some five miles upstream of the village was another village, Darmarokh Bala. During the winters, when the Ghar Jabin pass became inaccessible due to the snow, this valley was used as an alternate patah for communications in emergencies.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Badakhshan Province
Badakhshan Province
Badakhshan is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, consisting of 28 districts. It is located in the north-east of the country, between the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya. It is part of the Badakhshan region.-Geography:...
in north-eastern Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
. Around the turn of the 20th century, there was a village of this name consisting of seven houses, in the Darmarakh valley, located on the right side of the stream running through the valley. Some five miles upstream of the village was another village, Darmarokh Bala. During the winters, when the Ghar Jabin pass became inaccessible due to the snow, this valley was used as an alternate patah for communications in emergencies.