Baharak District, Badakhshan

District in Afghanistan
Baharak
بهارک
District
Location of Baharak
CountryAfghanistan
ProvinceBadakhshan
CapitalBaharak
Government
 • TypeDistrict council

Baharak district is a district of Badakhshan province, Afghanistan located about 30 km southeast of Fayzabad. The capital is the city of Baharak. The district is also called Baharistan.

Sir Aurel Stein says that Bahārak was the capital of Badakhshan before the present capital of Fayzabad.[1]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Innermost Asia: Detailed report of explorations in Central Asia, Kan-su and Eastern Iran, 5 vols. M. Aurel Stein. 1928. Oxford. Clarendon Press. Reprint: New Delhi. Cosmo Publications. 1981, Vol. II, p. 877.

External links

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Badakhshan Province
Capital: Fayzabad
Districts
Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan
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Badakhshan
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Panjshir
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Wardak
Zabul

37°00′10″N 70°54′27″E / 37.00278°N 70.90750°E / 37.00278; 70.90750

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