Shahjoy District

District in Zabul, Afghanistan
Shahjoy
شاه‌جوی
District
Afghan Local Police and coalition special operations forces load a police member needing medical care onto an MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a medical evacuation in January 2012
Afghan Local Police and coalition special operations forces load a police member needing medical care onto an MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a medical evacuation in January 2012
CountryAfghanistan
ProvinceZabul

Shahjoy District is a district of Zabul province in southern Afghanistan. It is located in the eastern part of the province, next to Ghazni province.[1]

Demographics

It has a population of about 56,800 as of 2013.[1] The district is mostly populated by the Hotak tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns.[2]

See also

  • Districts of Afghanistan

References

  1. ^ a b "Settled Population of Zabul province by Civil Division, Urban, Rural and Sex-2012-13" (PDF). Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Central Statistics Organization. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
  2. ^ Zabul Province Tribal Map. Naval Postgraduate School.

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