Achin District

Achin is a district in southern , , on the border with . Its population is 100% Pashtun. Achin is home to the Shinwari tribe, one of the largest Pashtun tribes.
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  • County
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,403 metres (4,603 feet)
  • Description: district of Nangarhar, Afghanistan
  • Also known as
    “Achin”
    “Achin Wuleswali”
    “Acin Oluswali”
    “آچين”
    “اچین”
    “اچین ولسوالی”

Achin District

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Latitude
34.0454° or 34° 2′ 44″ north
Longitude
70.6692° or 70° 40′ 9″ east
Open location code
8J6G2MW9+5M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4417651915
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
7053262
Wiki­data ID
Q1650529

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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: “شهرستان اچین”
  • 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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