Shinwar District

Shinwar is a district in , . It is on the main highway from to the border crossing. Its population, which is 100% Pashtun was estimated at 40,147 in 2002, of whom 16,000 were children under 12.
  • County
  • …lies at an elevation of 599 metres (1,965 feet)
  • Description: district of Nangarhar, Afghanistan
  • Also known as
    “Shinwar”
    “شینوار”

Shinwar District

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Latitude
34.1959° or 34° 11′ 45″ north
Longitude
70.8318° or 70° 49′ 55″ east
Open location code
8J6G5RWJ+9P
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Shinwar District” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “শিনওয়ার জেলা”
  • Cebuano: “Shīnwār”
  • Italian: “distretto di Shinwar”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Shinwar”
  • Japanese: “シンワー”
  • Malay: “Daerah Shinwar”
  • Persian: “شهرستان شینوار”
  • Persian: “ولسوالی شینوار”
  • Pushto: “شينوار ولسوالۍ (ننګرهار)”
  • Pushto: “غنیخېل ولسوالۍ”
  • Swedish: “Shinwar”
  • Urdu: “شینوارضلع”
  • Uzbek: “Shinwar tumani”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Shinwar”
  • Vietnamese: “Shinwar”
  • Welsh: “Shinwar”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع شینوار”

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