List of splits and creations of districts in Afghanistan
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This list identifies the province and district splits and reassignments made by the Afghan government in revising and remapping its administrative divisions in the early 2000s. In June 2005, the Afghan government issued a map of the 34 provinces and 398 districts of Afghanistan.[1][2] This list compares that 398 district set to an earlier one produced by UNDP's AIMS in 1998, which had recognized 32 provinces and 329 districts.[3] The 2005 version included the new provinces of Daikundi and Panjsher, and seventy new districts. Yet more districts have been decreed since 2005.[4] Those newer splits are not recorded here.
Northern Mainland Afghanistan
[edit]North Eastern Afghanistan
[edit]- Kohistan, Shuhada, Wurduj and Yamgan Districts were split-off from Baharak District.
- Darwazi Bala District was split-off from Darwaz District.
- Arghanj Khwa, Argo, Darayim, Shiki, Tagab and Yaftali Sufla Districts were split-off from Fayzabad District.
- Khash District was split-off from Jurm District.
- Kuf Ab District was split-off from Khwahan District.
- Tishkan District was split-off from Kishim District.
- Yawan District was split-off from Ragh District.
- Dih Salah, Khwaja Hijran and Puli Hisar Districts were split-off from Andarab District.
- Fering and Gharu Districts were split-off from Khost wa Fereng District.
- Baghlan District was absorbed into Baghlani Jadid District.
- Kahmard District was transferred into Bamiyan Province.
- There weren't any changes within Kunduz Province.
- Dashti Qala District was split-off from Khwaja Ghar District.
- Baharak, Hazar Sumuch and Namak Ab Districts were split-off from Taluqan District
- Khwaja Baha Wuddin District was split-off from Yangi Qala District.
North Western Afghanistan
[edit]- Feroz Nakhchir District was split-off from Khulmi District, later it would be transferred to Samangan Province.
- Zari District was split-off from Kishindih District.
- Qurghan District was split-off from Andkhoy District.
- Gurziwan District was split-off from Bilchiragh District.
- Khaniqa District was split-off from Aqcha District.
- Qush Tepa District was split-off from Shibirghan District.
- Dara-I-Suf District was dissolved to split and create Dara-I-Sufi Balla and Dara-I-Sufi Payan Districts.
- Feroz Nakhchir District was split-off from Khulmi District, later it would be shifted from Balkh Province.
Central Mainland Afghanistan
[edit]Central Afghanistan
[edit]- Farza District was split-off from Mir Bacha Kot District.
- Kohistan District was dissolved to split and create Hesa Awal Kohistan and Hesa Duwum Kohistan Districts.
- Azra District was shifted from Paktia Province.
- Baraki Barak
- Kharwar District was split-off from Charkh District.
Note - All former districts were shifted from Parwan Province.
- Hisa Awal Panjsher District District was dissolved to split and create Khenj and Paryan Districts.
- The remaining part of Hisa Duwum Panjsher District District was dissolved to split and create Darah District.
- The remaining part of Panjsher District was dissolved to split and create Anaba, Bazarak and Shotul Districts.
- Rokha District was created parts of the former Hisa Duwum Panjsher and Panjsher Districts.
- Sayed Khel District was split-off from Jabal Saraj District.
- Jaghatu District was shifted from Ghazni Province.
Eastern Afghanistan
[edit]- Wata Pur District was split-off from Asadabad District.
- Shaygal Wa Shiltan District was split-off from Chapa Dara District.
- Ghaziabad District was split-off from Nurgal District.
- There weren't any changes within Laghman Province.
- Bihsud District was split-off from Jalalabad District.
- Kot District was split-off from Rodat District.
Western Afghanistan
[edit]- There weren't any changes within Badghis Province.
- There weren't any changes within Farah Province.
- Charsada, Dawlat Yar and Du Layna Districts were split-off from Chaghcharan District.
- There weren't any changes within Herat Province.
Southern Mainland Afghanistan
[edit]South Eastern Afghanistan
[edit]- Waghaz District was split-off from Muqur District.
- Khwaja Umari and Rashidan Districts were split-off from Jeghatoo (Waeez Shahid) District.
- Khugiani District was created from parts of Waeez Shahid and Ghazni City Districts.
- Jaghatu District was transferred to Wardak Province.
- Shamal District was shifted from Paktia Province.
- Ahmadabad District was split-off from Sayed Karam District.
- Azra District was transferred to Logar Province.
- Shamal District was transferred to Khost Province.
- Terwa District was split-off from Waza Khwa District.
- Jani Khel, Yahya Khel and Yosuf Khel Districts were split-off from Zarghun Shahr District.
South Western Afghanistan
[edit]Note - All former districts were shifted from Orūzgān Province.
- Gizab District was shifted from Orūzgān Province; but returned to Orūzgān in 2006.
- Daykundi District was dissolved to split and create Ishtarlay, Khadir, Nili and Sangtakht Districts.
- Kiti District was split-off from Kajran District.
- Miramor District was split-off from Shahristan District.
- There weren't any changes within Helmand Province.
- Miyan Nasheen District was split-off from Shah Wali Kot District.
- Zhari District was created from parts of Maywand and Panjwaye Districts.
- Naish District was shifted from Orūzgān Province.
- There weren't any changes within Nimruz Province.
- Gizab District was transferred to Daykundi Province; later returned in 2006.
- Daykundi District was transferred to Daykundi Province.
- Kajran District was transferred to Daykundi Province.
- Shahristan District was transferred to Daykundi Province.
- Naish District was transferred to Kandahar Province.
- Kakar District was split-off from Argahandab District.
- Naw Bahar District was created from parts of Shamulzayi and Shinkay Districts.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ (1) Afghanistan - Estimated Population 2016/2017, UN OCHA Afghanistan, 8/11/16 The population report, an Excel file, is essentially the 34 province, 398 district set, but with the addition of Sharak-e-Hayratan in Balkh. The 398 set was originally issued in 6/05 by the Afghan Geodesy and Cartography Head Office (AGCHO). No link available.
- ^ (2) The 399 district set, was republished by AGCHO with improved boundaries in 2012. The link is to a digital shapefile posted by UN OCHA to its HDX website.
- ^ (3) The 329 district set by AIMS (Afghanistan Information Management Services) of 1998, as a digital shapefile from Princeton's Empirical Studies of Conflict site, accessed 6/01/18. AIMS itself is now defunct.
- ^ (4) Afghanistan District Maps reviews subsequent district sets. Accessed 2/15/19.