Map of Paktika Province with the district of Gayan being in orange color in the upper right.

Gayan District (Pashto: ګيان ولسوالۍ, Dari: ولسوالی گیان) is a district of Paktika Province, Afghanistan. The estimated population in 2019 was 46,977 people.[1] The district is within the heartland of the Zadran tribe of Pashtuns.[2]

History

Main article: June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake

Gayan was one of the districts most affected by the magnitude 6.0 earthquake on 22 June 2022. Approximately 1,800 homes, or 70 percent of the district's homes, were destroyed, and 238 people were killed, with 393 others injured.[3][4] Many houses constructed primarily of mud and wood were razed to the ground.[5] Heavy rain and the earthquake contributed to landslides that destroyed entire hamlets.[6]

The local clinic in Gayan, which had the capacity of only five patients, was also heavily damaged. Of the 500 or so patients admitted to the building due to the earthquake, about 200 of them died.[7] Three days later, an aftershock killed five persons and wounded 11 more in the district.[8][9][10]

Construction of new earthquake-resistant houses

In August 2022, new "earthquake-resistant houses" began to be constructed in the district for victims of the earthquake.[11] The project involves the establishment of 2,000 homes in both Gayan and Barmal districts of Paktika Province, including 300 houses in Spera District of neighboring Khost Province.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2019-20" (PDF). Central Statistics Organization. 18 November 2019. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. ^ Paktika Province Tribal Map (Page 11). Naval Postgraduate School.
  3. ^ "Afghanistan: Earthquake - Jun 2022". reliefweb.int.
  4. ^ Marsi, Federica (22 June 2022). "Afghanistan earthquake live news: Hundreds killed in major tremor". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  5. ^ Padshah, Safiullah; Ives, Mike (22 June 2022). "Afghanistan Live Updates: At Least 1,000 Killed in Earthquake, Official Media Says: The quake struck 28 miles southwest of the provincial capital of Khost". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Thousands of Afghanistan earthquake survivors remain without food and shelter despite aid coming in". The New Arab. 25 June 2022. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  7. ^ Hamedani, Ali (23 June 2022). "Afghanistan quake: Gyan clinic with five beds for 500 injured patients". BBC. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Afghanistan hit with aftershock, adding to significant earthquake death toll". CBC News. Associated Press. 24 June 2022. Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Afghanistan Earthquake News Live Updates: A second earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan, five people killed". The Indian Express. 24 June 2022. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Afghanistan: Aftershock claims five more lives in already-hit Gayan District, injures 11". Firstpost. Associated Press. 24 June 2022. Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  11. ^ a b "2,300 'Earthquake-Resilient' Houses to Be Built in Quake-Hit Regions of Afghanistan: UNHCR". The Khaama Press. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

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