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.
- District of Afghanistan with about 13,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 3,000 metres (9,840 feet)
- Description: district of Badakhshan, Afghanistan
- Also known as“Wākhān”“واخان”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Patukh.
Patukh
Village
Patukh is a village in the Wakhan, Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.
6 km southeast of Wakhan District
Wakhan District
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Latitude
37.0571° or 37° 3′ 26″ north
Longitude
73.3493° or 73° 20′ 57″ east
Open location code
8J9M384X+RP
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Wakhan District” goes by many names.
ওয়াখান জেলাBengali
WākhānCebuano
瓦罕县Chinese
WakhanCroatian
Wakhan (okrug)Croatian
Επαρχία ΟυαχάνGreek
WakhanIndonesian
Wakhan, BadakhshanIndonesian
Distretto di WakhanItalian
ワッハーンJapanese
ワハン地区Japanese
ВаханOssetian
Вахан (Афгъанистан)Ossetian
شهرستان واخانPersian
ولسوالی واخانPersian
د واخان ولسوالۍPushto
واخان ولسوالۍPushto
ВаханRussian
WakhanSwedish
Вулусволии ВахонTajik
Ноҳияи ВахонTajik
வக்கான் மாவட்டம்Tamil
VahanTurkish
Vahan ilçesiTurkish
ВаханUkrainian
واخان ضلعUrdu
Vohon tumaniUzbek
Wakhan tumaniUzbek
Quận WakhanVietnamese
WakhanVietnamese
WākhānWelsh
ضلع واخانWestern Panjabi
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