Achin District
Achin is a district in southern Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, on the border with Pakistan. Its population is 100% Pashtun. Achin is home to the Shinwari tribe, one of the largest Pashtun tribes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: County
- Description: district of Nangarhar, Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Achin”, “Achin Wuleswali”, “Acin Oluswali”, “آچين”, and “اچین ولسوالی”
Achin District
- Categories: district of Afghanistan and locality
- Location: Nangarhar, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.0454° or 34° 2′ 44″ northLongitude
70.6692° or 70° 40′ 9″ eastElevation
1,403 metres (4,603 feet)Open location code
8J6G2MW9+5MOpenStreetMap ID
node 4417651915OpenStreetMap feature
place=county
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Welsh—“Achin District” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “আচিন জেলা”
- Cebuano: “Achīn”
- Chinese: “亞欽區”
- Chinese: “亞珍區”
- Czech: “Ačin”
- French: “District d’Achin”
- German: “Atschin”
- Italian: “distretto di Achin”
- Italian: “Distretto di Achin”
- Malay: “Daerah Achin”
- Persian: “ولسوالی اچین”
- Pushto: “اچين ولسوالۍ”
- Russian: “Ачин”
- Slovenian: “Ačin”
- Spanish: “Achin”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Achin”
- Swedish: “Achin”
- Urdu: “اچین ضلع”
- Uzbek: “Achin tumani”
- Vietnamese: “Achin”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Achin”
- Welsh: “Achin”
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