Musa Qala District
Musa Qala is a district in the north of Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Its population was around 57,500 in 2012 and are 97% ethnic Pashtun. The district centre is the village of Musa Qala; there are 19 other large villages and 200 smaller settlements, mostly along the Musa Qala River.Photo: Afghanistan Matters, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: district of Afghanistan
- Description: district in the north of Helmand Province, Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Musa Qal’ah”, “Mūsá Qal‘ah”, “موسى قعله”, and “موسى قلعه”
Musa Qala District
- Location: Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Musa Qala District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقاطعة موسى قلعة”
- Bengali: “মুসা কালা জেলা”
- Cebuano: “Mūsá Qal‘ah”
- Dutch: “Musa Qala District”
- Italian: “distretto di Musa Qala”
- Italian: “Distretto di Musa Qala”
- Malay: “Daerah Musa Qala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Musa Qala”
- Persian: “ولسوالی موسی قلعه”
- Persian: “ولسوالی موسیقلعه”
- Pushto: “موسی کلا ولسوالۍ”
- Swedish: “Musa Qala”
- Swedish: “Musa Qalah”
- Swedish: “Musa Qaleh (distrikt)”
- Swedish: “Musa Qaleh”
- Turkish: “Musa Kale ilçesi”
- Urdu: “موسی قلعہ ضلع”
- Uzbek: “Musa Qala tumani”
- Vietnamese: “Musa Qala”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Musa Qala”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع موسی قلعہ”
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