Khwahan District

Khwahan District (Persian: شهرستان خواهان‎), (Pashto: خواهان ولسوالی‎) is one of the 28 districts of Badakhshan Province, located in northeastern Afghanistan. The district capital is Khwahan. The district borders Raghistan to the southwest, Kuf Ab in the northeast, the Panj River in the northwest, and Shuro-obod district, Khatlon Province, of Tajikistan. Kuh-e kallat

Khwāhān District شهرستان خواهان
Khwāhān District شهرستان خواهان
Khwahan خواهان Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 37°53′19″N 70°13′10″E
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceBadakhshan Province
RegionDarwaz
CapitalKhwahan
Government
 • governorDr Mohammad Ofran
Area
 • Total30 sq mi (80 km2)
Elevation
14,100 ft (4,300 m)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total27,000[1]
 • Ethnicities
 Tajik
 • Languages
Persian-Dari
Time zone+4,30
ISO 3166 codeAF,BDS,KWH

Geography
Further information: Geography of Afghanistan
Muhalla-i Shohun in Shuro-obod at the border with Khwahan County
Friendship Bridge between  Afghanistan and  Tajikistan In Khwahan, region's and Shuro-obod
The two villages Kamar and Kaji, and Panj river.

History

After Alexander the Great overthrew the Persians, the area came under the rule of [2] the Greco-Bactrian king Euthydemus I and his son Demetrius I[3]

Demography

The population of the district is approximately 27,000.[1] The inhabitants of this area speak Dari Persian and are Sunni Muslims.

Subdivisions

List of villages and places, of Khwahan District in alphabetical order

Economy

The inhabitants of this area engage in agriculture. They grow Buckwheat, red and white barley, sesame, zucchini, corn, mung beans, peas, beans, potatoes.

See also

References
  1. Khowahan District
  2. Shane Wallace Greek Culture in Afghanistan and India: Old Evidence and New Discoveries p.206
  3. Osmund Bopearachchi, Some Observations on the Chronology of the Early Kushans, p.48


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