Murghab (Tajik Мурғоб; Russian Мургаб, from the Persian word مرغاب meaning 'river of the birds') is the capital of Murghob District in the Pamir Mountains of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan. With a population 4,000, Murghab is about the only significant town the eastern half of (...) (from Wikipedia)