Aqcha District is situated in the central part of

Jowzjan Province Jowzjan, sometimes spelled Jawzjan or Jozjan (Dari: ), is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north of the country bordering neighboring Turkmenistan. The province is divided into 11 districts and contains hundreds of v ...

in northern

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. It borders Mardyan and

Mingajik Mingajik (Mengajīk, Mengeh Jek, Mingajek, Mungajik) (Persian: منگجک) is a village and the center of Mingajik District, Jowzjan Province, Afghanistan. It is located at at 281 m altitude, a few miles from Aqchah in the northwest. See also ...

districts to the north,

Sheberghan District Shibirghan ( fa, شبرغان) is a district situated in the southern part of Jowzjan province in Afghanistan. It borders Faryab province to the west, Khwaja du koh District to the north, Aqcha District to the east and Sar-e Pol province. The pop ...

to the West,

Sar-e Pol Province Sar-e Pol, also spelled Sari Pul (Dari/Pashto: ), is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north of the country. It borders Ghor and Bamyan to the south, Samangan to the east, Balkh and Jowzjan to the north, and Faryab ...

to the south and Fayzabad District to the east. The population is more than 90,652 people (2012). The district capital is the city of

Aqcha Aqcha or Akcha ( Persian spelling: آقچه), is a city in northern Afghanistan. It is located approximately east of Sheberghan and west of Mazar-i-Sharif. It serves as the center of the Aqcha District of Afghanistan's Jowzjan Province. The tow ...

, which is situated in the northern, more populated part of the district. The region is known for traditional

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s and rugs. The main road from

Sheberghan Sheberghān or Shaburghān ( Uzbek, Pashto, fa, شبرغان), also spelled ''Shebirghan'' and ''Shibarghan'', is the capital city of the Jowzjan Province in northern Afghanistan. The city of Sheberghan has a population of 175,599. It has four ...

Mazar-i-Sharif , official_name = , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = , pushpin_map = Afghanistan#Bactria#West Asia , pushpin_label = Mazar-i-Sharif , pushpin ...

passes a few kilometers south of the city of Aqcha. The Taliban's shadow governor of Aqcha District was arrested with two others on the night of Sunday, 27 October 2013 as part of an operation carried out jointly between Afghan and coalition troops. The man went by the name of Jawid or Qari Shafiqullah.Haidari, Sonil (28 October 2013
Taliban Shadow Governor Arrested in Jawzjan
tolonews.com

References

District Map

Map of Settlements
AIMS, 2002 Districts of Jowzjan Province {{Jowzjan-geo-stub