Panjab District

Panjab district (Dari: ولسوالی پنجاب‎) is in the central part of Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan. The capital is the town of Panjab. Panjab contains 5 valleys (Darai Sia, Darai Nargis, Darai Mahretuspus, Darai Ghurguri and Darai Taquab-Barg), the water running through the 5 valleys meet in the centre of the district.[2] Its population is entirely Hazara people.

This article is about a district in Afghanistan. For other uses of the name, see Punjab (disambiguation).

Panjab

پنجاب
District
Panjab
Location within Afghanistan
Coordinates: 34°23′00″N 67°01′00″E
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceBamyan Province
CapitalPanjab
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total66,300
Time zoneGMT+04:30 Kabul

At 2,700 metres above sea level it has the highest altitude in the province, the city of Panjab is located 298 km from the capital Kabul - however travel is difficult especially in winter - the journey takes 14 hours.[2] Two rival parties, Pazdar and Hezb-e-Wahdat, dominate the district and have divided the district between them - there has been fighting between them[2]

See also

References
  1. "Bamyan Provincial Profile" (PDF). Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  2. UNHCR Sub-Office Central Region - District Profile Punjab


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