Shighnan District
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District in Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Shighnan District
ولسوالی شغنان • خُږنۈن ولسوالے • Ноҳияи Шиғнони | |
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Shighnan District (
Panj River and Tajikistan in the northeast, the Maimay district to the west, the Raghistan district in the southwest, the Kohistan, Arghanj Khwa, and Shuhada districts in the south, and the Ishkashim
district in the southeast.
Lake Shewa is located in Shighnan Valley.
Demography
The Khowar, Tajiks, Khoshey, and Pamiris are the major ethnic groups. Only farsi and shughnani language is spoken and understood in shughnan.
This District has a population of 27,750[1]
Villages and places it
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
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