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Shighnan District
شهرستان شغنان • Ноҳияи Шиғнони
District
Shighnan District is located in Afghanistan
Shighnan District
Shighnan District
Coordinates: 37°37′0″N 71°27′0″E / 37.61667°N 71.45000°E / 37.61667; 71.45000
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceBadakhshan
CapitalShighnan
Area
 • Land1,362 sq mi (3,528 km2)
Population
 • Total27,750
Time zoneUTC+4:30

Shighnan District (Persian: شهرستان سغنان -Tajik: Ноҳияи Шиғнони) is one of the 28 districts of the Badakhshan Province in eastern Afghanistan. It's part of the history region of Shighnan that is today divided between Afghanistan and Tajikistan.The district borders the Panj River and Tajikistan in the northeast, the Maimay district to the west, the Raghistan district in the southwest, the Kohistan, Arghanj Khwa, and Shuhada districts in the south, and the Ishkashim district in the southeast.

Lake Shewa is located in Shighnan Valley.

Demography

The Khowar, Tajiks, Khoshey, and Pamiris are the major ethnic groups. Only farsi and shughnani language is spoken and understood in shughnan.

This District has a population of 27,750[1]

Villages and places it

Beautiful view of the Panj river, the border between Tajikistan, and Afghanistan in the region of Shighnan.
Friendship bridge between Tajikistan, and Afghanistan Across the Panj river in Region Shughnon-Shughnan!

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-05-02.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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Badakhshan Province
Districts of Afghanistan by province
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