Shekay District

Shekay or Shikai Dari: شهرستان شِکی is one of the 28 districts of Badakhshan province in northeastern . It was created in 2005 from part of Darwaz District and is home to approximately 26,000 residents.
Wikipedia
  • County
  • …lies at an elevation of 2,775 metres (9,104 feet)
  • Description: district of Badakhshan, Afghanistan
  • Also known as
    “Shaki”
    “Shikai”
    “Shikī”
    “Shiki District”
    “Shukai”
    “شکی”

Shekay District

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Latitude
38.2064° or 38° 12′ 23″ north
Longitude
70.6518° or 70° 39′ 6″ east
Open location code
8JCG6M42+HP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4387452735
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
7052689
Wiki­data ID
Q3918400

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Shekay District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شكي”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة شكاي”
  • Bengali: “শেকায় জেলা”
  • Cebuano: “Shikī”
  • Chinese: “謝凱縣”
  • French: “Shiki”
  • Indonesian: “Shiki, Badakhshan, Afganistan”
  • Indonesian: “Shiki, Badakhshan”
  • Italian: “distretto di Shekay”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Shekay”
  • Malay: “Daerah Shiki, Afghanistan”
  • Malay: “Daerah Shiki”
  • Persian: “شهرستان شِکَی”
  • Persian: “ولسوالی شکی”
  • Pushto: “د شېکي ولسوالۍ”
  • Pushto: “شېکي ولسوالۍ”
  • Russian: “Шикаи”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Shiki”
  • Swedish: “Shekay”
  • Swedish: “Shikay”
  • Tajik: “Вулусволии Шикай”
  • Tajik: “Ноҳияи Шекаи”
  • Turkish: “Şikay ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Şiki ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Şiki”
  • Urdu: “شیکی ضلع”
  • Uzbek: “Shekay tumani”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Shiki”
  • Vietnamese: “Shiki”
  • Welsh: “Shikī”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع شیکی”

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