Jawand District
Place in Badghis
Jawand قلعه نو | |
|---|---|
 Location of Jawand District in Badghis Province | |
| District | Badghis |
| Government | |
| • Type | District council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,146 km2 (2,759 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Estimate ([citation needed]) | 186,000 |
Jawand is the largest district of Badghis Province, Afghanistan, located in the southeast. Its population is estimated at 186,000, although a 1990 estimate by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) puts the population at 46,403. Its capital is Jawand.[1][2]
Jawand has approximately 380 villages, with nearly all of them ravaged by poverty, hunger and disease. There are no paved roads, no doctors or medical clinics and no schools.
References
- https://www.theguardian.com/Archive/Article/0,4273,4349166,00.html
External links
- Map of Jawand (PDF)
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Badghis Province
Capital: Qala i Naw
- Ab Kamari
- Ghormach District
- Jawand District
- Muqur District, Badghis
- Bala Murghab District
- Qadis District
- Qala i Naw District
- Ab Bakhsh
- Ab Khuda'i
- Ab Khvor
- Ab-e Barik-e Qowdi
- Abshar
- ʽAli Gol
- Babula'i
- Bahador Khani
- Bahadorkhan
- Bala Bowkan
- Bala Murghab
- Bayah
- Baybacheh
- Bazartu
- Bidak
- Bozba'i
- Chakav
- Chaman-e Bid
- Cheshmeh-ye Duzakh
- Cheshmeh-ye Yanbolaq
- Dahan-e Koklan
- Darreh-ye Bum
- Darreh-ye Joval
- Deh Berenj Qalʽeh
- Dehestan
- Galleh Chaghar
- Gelak
- Gharmeh
- Jawand
- Jowkar
- Kariz-e Zaman-e Bala
- Kariz-e Zaman-e Kalgandi
- Kariz-e Zaman-e Pa'in
- Khar Bid
- Kheyr Khaneh
- Khvajeh Qalandar
- Khvosh Asia
- Khvosh Margh
- Koshk-e Kohneh
- Kowkcha'il
- Kucheh-ye Zard
- Mangan
- Miranza'i
- Murichaq
- Pa'in Bowkan
- Padeh-ye Laghari
- Padeh-ye Nowkdari
- Qades
- Qalʽeh-ye Niaz
- Qalʽeh-ye Nowak
- Qalʽeh-ye Vali
- Qala e Naw (Capital)
- Qeshlaq Khas
- Robat
- Sakhari
- Sangbor
- Seh Kushk
- Senjetak
- Shahr-e Arman
- Shorshoreh
- Tagab Robat
- Takht-e Ghowrmach
35°03′34″N 64°09′03″E / 35.05944°N 64.15083°E / 35.05944; 64.15083
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