Central Asia
Afghanistan
Badakhshan Province

Kishim District

Kishim District is one of the 29 districts of Badakhshan province in eastern .The district capital is Mashhad. The district is located in the Keshem Valley, a primarily rural area on the western edge of the province, and is home to approximately 91,407 residents, making it the second most populous district of the province.
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  • Type: County
  • Description: district of Badakhshan, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Keshem”, “Kishim”, and “کشم”

Kishim District

Latitude
36.7722° or 36° 46′ 20″ north
Longitude
70.1325° or 70° 7′ 57″ east
Elevation
1,051 metres (3,448 feet)
Open location code
8J8GQ4CM+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4386688773
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
7052679
Wiki­data ID
Q2879146
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kishim District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كشم”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة كشم”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة_كشم”
  • Bengali: “কিশিম জেলা”
  • Cebuano: “Kishim”
  • French: “Kishim”
  • Indonesian: “Kishim, Badakhshan”
  • Indonesian: “Kishim”
  • Italian: “distretto di Kishim”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Kishim”
  • Malay: “Daerah Kishim”
  • Persian: “ولسوالی کشم”
  • Pushto: “کشم ولسوالۍ”
  • Russian: “Кишим”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱤᱥᱤᱢ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Kishim”
  • Swedish: “Kishim”
  • Tajik: “Ноҳияи Кишим”
  • Turkish: “Kişim ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Kişim”
  • Urdu: “کشیم ضلع”
  • Uzbek: “Kishim District”
  • Uzbek: “Kishim tumani”
  • Vietnamese: “Kishim”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Kishim, Badakhshan”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Kishim”
  • Welsh: “Kishim”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع کیشیم”

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