Zazi District

Zazi District (Pashto: ځاځي ولسوالۍ‎, Persian: ولسوالی جاجی‎), also called Jaji, Dzadzi or Aryob, is a district in Paktia Province, Afghanistan.[1] The main town is Aryob. The district is within the heartland of the Zazi tribe of Pashtuns.[2]

For the district in Khost Province, see Zazi Maidan District.
Districts of Paktia Province

Demographics & population

Like in the rest of Afghanistan, no exact population numbers are available. The Afghan Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation & Development (MRRD) along with UNHCR and Central Statistics Office (CSO) of Afghanistan estimated the population of Zazi district to be around 45,923 (CSO 2004).[1] According to the same sources, but according to the local tribe estimation and counting, the total population of Zazai(Pashto: ځاځي‎) is in two district of Ahmad Khel and Aryub 375000 in 2016 (Malak Aziz Khan from Larliwani village), Pashtuns make up 100% of the total population.

See also

References
  1. Jaji District Development Plan - MRRD
  2. Paktia Province Tribal Map (Page 12). Naval Postgraduate School.


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