Khairkot District
Zarghun Shar District (Pashto: زرغون ښار ولسوالۍ, Persian: ولسوالی زرغونشهر), also spelled Zarghun Shahr, and also known as Katawaz District or Khayr Kot District, is a district of Paktika Province, Afghanistan. The district capital is Zarghun Shar town.
In 1998, the district had an estimated population of over 75,000.[1] However, by June 2004 the post-Taliban government separated off three new districts from the large Zarghun Shahr District. The new districts were Janikhel District, Yahyakhel District and Yusufkhel District.[2][3] The district population in 2004 of the reduced district was 38,024.[2]
References
- ^ "Estimated Population 1998 (Central Statistics Office)"[permanent dead link] Afghanistan Information Management Service (AIMS)
- ^ a b "Paktika provincial profile", 2004, profile compiled by the National Area-Based Development Programme (NABDP) of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD)
- ^ "Afghanistan Administrative Divisions" [dead link] map, March 2007, Afghanistan Information Management Service (AIMS)
External links
- "Zarghun Shahr District: Zarghun Shahr District: Afghanistan"[dead link] map, January 2004, Afghanistan Information Management Service (AIMS); showing the larger district that existed before June 2004.
32°51′N 68°25′E / 32.850°N 68.417°E
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