Shighnan District

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Shighnan District
ولسوالی شغنان • شغنان ولسوالۍ • خُږنۈن ولسوالے • Ноҳияи Шиғнони
District
Shighnan District is located in Afghanistan
Shighnan District
Shighnan District
Coordinates: 37°37′0″N 71°27′0″E / 37.61667°N 71.45000°E / 37.61667; 71.45000
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceBadakhshan
CapitalShighnan
Area
 • Land1,362 sq mi (3,528 km2)
Population
 • Total27,750
Time zoneUTC+4:30

Shighnan District (Persian: شهرستان سغنان -Tajik: Ноҳияи Шиғнони, Shughni: خُږنۈن ولسوالے) is one of the 28 districts of the Badakhshan Province in eastern Afghanistan. It's part of the history region of Shighnan that is today divided between Afghanistan and Tajikistan.The district borders the Panj River and Tajikistan in the northeast, the Maimay district to the west, the Raghistan district in the southwest, the Kohistan, Arghanj Khwa, and Shuhada districts in the south, and the Ishkashim district in the southeast.

Lake Shewa is located in Shighnan Valley.

Demography

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The Khowar, Tajiks, Khoshey, and Pamiris are the major ethnic groups. Only farsi and shughnani language is spoken and understood in shughnan.

This District has a population of 27,750[1]

Villages and places

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The Panj River, the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan in the region of Shighnan.
The Shiwa Plain
The Friendship Bridge across the Panj

References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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