Khwahan District (Persian: شهرستان خواهان) (Pashto: خواهان ولسوالی) is one of the 28 districts of Badakhshan province, located in northeastern Afghanistan. The district capital is Khwahan. The district borders Raghistan to the southwest, Kuf Ab in the northeast, the Panj River in the northwest, and Shuro-obod district, Khatlon province of Tajikistan. Kuh-e kallat

Khwāhān
خواهان
Khwahan
Khwāhān is located in Afghanistan
Khwāhān
Khwāhān
Khwahan خواهان Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 37°53′19″N 70°13′10″E / 37.88861°N 70.21944°E / 37.88861; 70.21944
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceBadakhshan
RegionDarwaz
CapitalKhwahan
Government
 • governorMohammad Ofran
Area
 • Total30 sq mi (80 km2)
Elevation
14,100 ft (4,300 m)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total27,000[1]
 • Ethnicities
Tajik
 • Languages
Persian-Dari
Time zone+4,30
ISO 3166 codeAF,BDS,KWH

Geography

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Muhalla-i Shohun in Shuro-obod at the border with Khwahan County
 
Friendship Bridge between   Afghanistan and   Tajikistan In Khwahan, region's and Shuro-obod
 
The two villages Kamar and Kaji, and Panj river.

History

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After Alexander the Great overthrew the Persians, the area came under the rule of [2] the Greco-Bactrian king Euthydemus I and his son Demetrius I[3]

Demography

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The population of the district is approximately 27,000.[1] The inhabitants of this area are ethnic Tajiks who speak Dari Persian and are Sunni Muslim.

Subdivisions

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List of villages and places, of Khwahan District in alphabetical order

Economy

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The inhabitants of this area engage in agriculture. They grow Buckwheat, red and white barley, sesame, zucchini, corn, mung beans, peas, beans, potatoes.

See also

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