Central Asia
Afghanistan
Faryab Province

Kohistan District

Kohistan is the southernmost district in Faryab province. Its population is 53,100. The district center is Qal'a, 1909 m altitude. On 4 May 2014, flash flooding from heavy rainfall resulted in the destruction of public facilities, roads, and agricultural land.
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  • Type: County
  • Description: district of Faryab, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Kohistan”, “Kohistan District, Faryab”, and “کوهستان”

Kohistan District

Latitude
35.3341° or 35° 20′ 3″ north
Longitude
64.9229° or 64° 55′ 23″ east
Elevation
2,276 metres (7,467 feet)
Open location code
8J768WMF+J5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4395974271
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
7052934
Wiki­data ID
Q4809030
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Welsh—“Kohistan District” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “কোহিস্তান জেলা”
  • Cebuano: “Kōhistān”
  • Indonesian: “Kohistan, Faryab”
  • Indonesian: “Kohistan”
  • Italian: “distretto di Kohistan”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Kohistan”
  • Malay: “Daerah Kohistan”
  • Persian: “علاقه داری کوهستان”
  • Persian: “ولسوالی کوهستان”
  • Portuguese: “Coistão (distrito de Fariabe)”
  • Portuguese: “Coistão”
  • Pushto: “کوهستان ولسوالۍ (فارياب)”
  • Pushto: “کوهستان ولسوالۍ”
  • Swedish: “Kohistan”
  • Turkish: “Kuhistan ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Kuhistan, Faryab”
  • Urdu: “ضلع کوہستان، فاریات”
  • Uzbek: “Koʻhiston tumani”
  • Uzbek: “Koʻhiston, Foryob”
  • Vietnamese: “Kohistan, Faryab”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Kohistan, Faryab”
  • Welsh: “Kohistan”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kohistan District”. Photo: afgmatters, CC BY 2.0.