Nirkh District

Nirkh or Nerkh is a district of about 480 square kilometres in the east of Wardak Province, . Its population was estimated at 57,000 in 2002, consisting of about 100% Pashtuns.
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  • Type: district of Afghanistan
  • Description: district of Maidan Wardak, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: Narkh”, “Nêrkh”, “Nirkh”, and “نرخ

Nirkh District

Latitude
34.3565° or 34° 21′ 23″ north
Longitude
68.7396° or 68° 44′ 23″ east
Elevation
2,346 metres (7,697 feet)
Open location code
8J6C9P4Q+HV
Geo­Names ID
7732666
Wiki­data ID
Q6966017
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Nirkh District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: مقاطعة نرخ
  • Arabic: نرخ_(مقاطعة)
  • Bengali: নির্খ জেলা
  • Cebuano: Nirkh
  • Chinese: 尼拉克
  • Italian: distretto di Narkh
  • Italian: distretto di Nirkh
  • Italian: Distretto di Nirkh
  • Persian: ولسوالی نرخ
  • Portuguese: Nirkh
  • Pushto: نرخ ولسوالۍ
  • Swedish: Nirkh
  • Welsh: Narkh
  • Welsh: Nirkh

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