Wakhan District
Wakhan واخان | |
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Coordinates: 37°07′45″N 73°37′07″E / 37.129240°N 73.618680°E | |
Country | Afghanistan |
Province | Badakhshan |
Village numbers | 112 |
Capital | Khandud |
Government | |
• Governor | Nasratullah Nayel |
Area | |
• Total | 11,258 km2 (4,347 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 16,873 |
Wakhan District[a] is one of the 28 districts of Badakhshan province in eastern Afghanistan. The district has a border with neighboring Tajikistan in the north, Xinjiang in China to the east, and Pakistan to the south (specifically Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral District).
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- Food and non-food items were given to the residents of Wakhan district of Badakhshan province on YouTube (Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA Pashto))
- The visit of the head of Badakhshan culture information to Wakhan on YouTube (RTA Dari)
- Prisoners of the Afghan Pamir on YouTube
- Afghanistan: In the Wakhan Corridor - The roads of the impossible on YouTube