Yawan District

Yawan is one of the 28 districts of Badakhshan province in eastern . It was created in 2005 from part of the Ragh District and is home to approximately 36,037 residents.
  • Type: County
  • Description: district of Badakhshan, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: Yawan”, “Yāwān”, and “یاوان

Yawan District

Latitude
37.5282° or 37° 31′ 41″ north
Longitude
70.3804° or 70° 22′ 50″ east
Elevation
2,061 metres (6,762 feet)
Open location code
8J9GG9HJ+75
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4387245754
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
7052736
Wiki­data ID
Q2670916
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Yawan District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: مقاطعة ياوان
  • Arabic: ياوان
  • Bengali: যয়ন জেলা
  • Cebuano: Yāwān
  • French: Yawan
  • Indonesian: Yawan, Badakhshan
  • Indonesian: Yawan
  • Italian: distretto di Yawan
  • Italian: Distretto di Yawan
  • Malay: Daerah Yawan
  • Persian: ولسوالی یاوان
  • Pushto: د ياوان ولسوالۍ
  • Pushto: د یاوان ولسوالۍ
  • Pushto: ياوان ولسوالۍ
  • Russian: Яван
  • Spanish: Distrito de Yawan
  • Swedish: Yawan
  • Tajik: Вулусволии Ёвон
  • Tajik: Ноҳияи Ёвон, Афғонистон
  • Turkish: Yavan ilçesi
  • Turkish: Yavan
  • Urdu: ضلع یاوان
  • Urdu: یوں ضلع
  • Uzbek: Yawan tumani
  • Vietnamese: Quận Yawan
  • Vietnamese: Yawan
  • Welsh: Yawan
  • Welsh: Yāwān
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع یاوان

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