Wakhan District
Wakhan District is one of the 28 districts of Badakhshan province in eastern Afghanistan. It has an estimated population of about 17,213 people, mostly ethnic Wakhis, Pamiris and Kyrghyz.
- Type: district of Afghanistan with 13,000 residents
- Description: district of Badakhshan, Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Wakhan”, “د واخان ولسوالۍ”, “شهرستان واخان”, “واخان”, and “ワッハーン”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Patukh.
Patukh
Village
Patukh is a village in the Wakhan, Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan. Patukh is situated 6 km southeast of Wakhan District.
Wakhan District
- Location: Badakhshan, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
37.0571° or 37° 3′ 26″ north
Longitude
73.3493° or 73° 20′ 57″ east
Population
13,000
Elevation
4,867 metres (15,968 feet)
Open location code
8J9M384X+RP
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Wakhan District” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “ওয়াখান জেলা”
- Cebuano: “Wākhān”
- Chinese: “瓦罕县”
- Croatian: “Wakhan (okrug)”
- Croatian: “Wakhan”
- French: “Wakhan”
- Greek: “Επαρχία Ουαχάν”
- Indonesian: “Wakhan, Badakhshan”
- Indonesian: “Wakhan”
- Italian: “distretto di Wakhan”
- Italian: “Distretto di Wakhan”
- Japanese: “ワハン地区”
- Ossetian: “Вахан (Афгъанистан)”
- Ossetian: “Вахан”
- Persian: “ولسوالی واخان”
- Pushto: “واخان ولسوالۍ”
- Russian: “Вахан”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Vaján”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Wakhan”
- Swedish: “Wakhan”
- Tajik: “Вулусволии Вахон”
- Tajik: “Ноҳияи Вахон”
- Tamil: “வக்கான் மாவட்டம்”
- Turkish: “Vahan ilçesi”
- Turkish: “Vahan”
- Ukrainian: “Вахан”
- Urdu: “واخان ضلع”
- Uzbek: “Vohon tumani”
- Uzbek: “Wakhan tumani”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Wakhan”
- Vietnamese: “Wakhan”
- Welsh: “Wakhan”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع واخان”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Isīk and Chihil Kand.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Kharābah-ye Rabāţ-e Kākā and Kōh-e Āghak.
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