Baghlani Jadid District
Encyclopedia
Baghlani Jadid is a district of Baghlan Province in northern Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

. It has a population of about 119,607.

Geography

The district is situated in the northernmost part of the province. It borders Kunduz Province to the north and Samangan Province
Samangan Province
Samangan is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. The province covers and has a population of approximately 313,211, as of 2006.Its capital, Samangan, is known for its ancient ruins including, notably, the Takht e Rostam...

 to the west . Most of the population live in the valley of the Kunduz River
Kunduz River
The Kunduz River is a tributary of the Amu Darya in northern Afghanistan. It rises in the Hindu Kush, and in its upper reaches is known as the Surkhab River.-Course:...

. The majority of its territory is uninhabited mountain ranges. An all-weather Kunduz-Kabul highway passes through the district from north to south. The main city is Baghlani Jadid
Baghlani Jadid
Baghlani Jadid is the main city of the district of Baghlani Jadid, Baghlan Province, in north-central Afghanistan. It is located in the valley of the Kunduz River, just east of the main Kunduz-Kabul all weather highway....

. In 2005, Baghlani Jadid absorbed the district of Baghlan
Baghlan District
Baghlan was a district in Baghlan Province, Afghanistan. The main town of the district was also known as Baghlan. In 2005, Baghlan was annexed into the district of Baghlani Jadid, also in Baghlan Province.-See also:...

, also in Baghlan Province, to create a new and bigger Baghlani Jadid district.

Demographics

According to Afghanistan's Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development
Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development
The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development is a ministry of the Afghan government. Its main headquarters is located in Kabul, Afghanistan, but has offices and employees in all the 34 provinces of the country...

, the population of the district was estimated to be around 119,607 in 2004. Ethnically, Pashtuns
Pashtun people
Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...

 are around 50% of the population and make up the majority in the district, followed by Tajiks at 40% and Uzbeks
Uzbeks
The Uzbeks are a Turkic ethnic group in Central Asia. They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan, and large populations can also be found in Afghanistan, Tajikstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Pakistan, Mongolia and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China...

make up the remaining 10%.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK