Wakhan District
District in Badakhshan, Afghanistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wakhan (Persian: واخان) is one of the 28 districts of Badakhshan province in eastern Afghanistan. The district has a border with neighboring Tajikistan in the north, Xinjiang in China to the east, and Pakistan to the south (specifically Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral District).
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Wakhan
واخان | |
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Coordinates: 37°07′45″N 73°37′07″E | |
Country | Afghanistan |
Province | Badakhshan |
Village numbers | 112 |
Capital | Khandud |
Government | |
• Governor | Nasratullah Nayel |
Area | |
• Total | 11,258 km2 (4,347 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 16,873 |
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