Khwahan District

Khwahan شهرستان خواهان (Persian) خواهان ولسوالی (Pashto)
District
Khwahan
Khwahan Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 37°53′19″N 70°13′10″E / 37.88861°N 70.21944°E / 37.88861; 70.21944
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Badakhshan
Capital	Khwahan
Government
• Governor	Mohammad Ofran
Area
• Total	80 km2 (30 sq mi)
Elevation	4,300 m (14,100 ft)
Population  (2012)
• Total	27,000[1]
• Density	337.5/km2 (874/sq mi)
• Ethnicities	Tajiks
• Languages	Persian-Dari
Time zone	UTC+4:30 (AST)
ISO 3166 code	AF,BDS,KWH

Khwahan (Persian: شهرستان خواهان; Pashto: خواهان ولسوالی) is one of the 28 districts of Badakhshan province, located in northeastern Afghanistan. The district capital is Khwahan. The district borders Raghistan to the southwest, Kuf Ab to the northeast, the Panj river to the northwest, and Shamsiddin Shohin district, located in the Khatlon region of Tajikistan to the west.

After Alexander the Great overthrew the Persians, the area came under the rule of ^[2] the Greco-Bactrian king Euthydemus I and his son Demetrius I^[3]

The population of Khwahan district is approximately 27,000.^[1] The inhabitants of this area are ethnic Tajiks who speak Dari and are Sunni Muslim.

Below is a list of villages of Khwahan district in alphabetical order.

The inhabitants of this area engage in agriculture. They grow buckwheat, red and white barley, sesame, zucchini, corn, mung beans, peas, beans, potatoes.

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• Map at the Afghanistan Information Management Services^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• Its coordinates are 37°53'19" N and 70°13'10" E in DMS (Degrees Minutes Seconds) or 37.8886 and 70.2194 (in decimal degrees). Its UTM position is XG09 and its Joint Operation Graphics reference is NJ42-11khwahan
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