Shib Koh District

Shib Koh is a district in , Afghanistan which borders Iran. Its population was estimated at 328,000 in January 2005. The district fell to the Taliban on 12 December 2018, after Afghan troops withdrew.
Wikipedia
  • Type: County
  • Description: district in Farah Province, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Shayb Koh” and “شیت کوه”

Shib Koh District

Latitude
32.1086° or 32° 6′ 31″ north
Longitude
61.3686° or 61° 22′ 7″ east
Elevation
546 metres (1,791 feet)
Open location code
8J434959+CF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4406663306
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
7052926
Wiki­data ID
Q2537733
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Shib Koh District” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “শিব কোহ জেলা”
  • Cebuano: “Shayb Kōh”
  • Dutch: “Shib Koh District”
  • French: “Shib Koh”
  • Italian: “distretto di Shib Koh”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Shib Koh”
  • Malay: “Daerah Shib Koh”
  • Persian: “شهرستان شیب‌کوه”
  • Persian: “ولسوالی شیب‌کوه”
  • Pushto: “شېب کوه ولسوالۍ”
  • Swedish: “Shib Koh”
  • Swedish: “Shib Kuh”
  • Turkish: “Şib Kuh ilçesi”
  • Urdu: “شیب کوہ”
  • Uzbek: “Shib Koh tumani”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Shib Koh”
  • Vietnamese: “Shib Koh”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع شیب کوہ”

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