Extract: "The Pamirs"

The map "The Pamirs" was done in several years work by the swiss cartographer Markus Hauser for the UNESCO projekt "Cultural and Eco-tourism in the Mountainous Regions of Central Asia and in the Himalaya". In Tajikistan the Projekt is implemented by the french NGO ACTED.

Tajikistan is a land of majestic peaks, glaciers, and high mountain deserts. The country with its rich cultural heritage and diverse landscapes is still waiting to be discovered. Tourism is hardly developed – and thus, many a mystery remains to be uncovered by those willing to venture into the country. The Pamirs, the mountain range covering the Eastern part of Tajikistan - administratively known as ‘Gorno Badakhshan’ since Soviet times – are particularly remote and have had a special status due to their geographic location. Simultaneously, they are amongst the pearls in the crown of the world’s high mountain ranges.

This map represents a key to the discovery of that mythical region. It’ll help you to trace your way along the historical paths of the high Silk Road, the deep cut valleys of the west and the vast plains of the high plateau of the Eastern part of the region. It’ll equip you with relevant travel information for a unique experience of breathtaking landscapes and of diverse cultures united by the celebration of hospitality.

Extract: The administrative center of Gorno-Badakshan, Khorog

Extract: KKH (Karakorum Highway) with new border crossing to Tajikistan

For travellers along the Karakorum Highway (KKH) between Kashgar and the Pakistani border, the map offers the latest travel information. Even though the recently opened border crossing from China to Tajikistan is for now only open to Chinese and Tajik citizens (June 2004, information from the Chinese embassy in Dushanbe), it will hopefully not take very long before the gate opens for tourism. That will open a route sealed since the beginning of the 1920s, re-connecting all the components of the various trade routes known as the Silk Road to be travelled on as in the days of Marco Polo.

Khush omadid! Welcome!

Extract: Upper Bartang valley with the Uzoi dam and Lake Sarez

The Uzoi dam, result of a huge landslip in 1911
 

Extract: City map Murghab 1:15'000


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