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Bagalgrom (also known as Mumar) is a village in the Bashgal Valley of Nuristan, Afghanistan.

Bagalgrom is the primary village of the Mumo tribe. [1] Their language is Mumviri, a dialect of the Kamkata-viri language. The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica referred to Bagalgrom as "chief village of the Madugal kaffirs"

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References

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