Pasaband District is located in
Ghor province,
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
. The population is 92,900
(11%
Pashtun
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, 5%
Hazara and 84%
Tajik).
Located in the southern part of Ghor province, Pasaband District borders
Helmand province
Helmand (Pashto/Dari: ; ), also known as Hillmand, in ancient times, as Hermand and Hethumand, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan
Afghanistan is divided into 34 provinces (, '' wilåyat''). The provinces of Afghanistan are the primar ...
to the south,
Daykundi province
Daykundi ( prs, دایکندی) also spelled as Daikundi, Daykondi, Daikondi or Dai Kundi, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central part of the country. It has a population of about 516,504, and is a Hazara Pro ...
to the east, and
Farah province
Farah (Dari: , ''Farā'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the southwestern part of the country next to Iran. It is a spacious and sparsely populated province, divided into eleven districts and contains hundreds of villages. ...
to the southwest. The district center is
Shinkot
Shinkot ( ps, شين کوټ) (also Pasaband) is a town and the center of Pasaband District, in the southern part of Ghor Province, Afghanistan. It is located in the western part of the district at at 2,566 m altitude, and is close to the borde ...
.
Pasaband is a mountainous district where winters are long and severe. Roads are not in good condition and some villages are accessible only using animals. Because of the inaccessibility of villages and the few wells, the people's access to clean water is a major problem. Agriculture is the main source of income and it is seriously affected by drought. The health and education need improvement.
Economy
The district suffers from a weak economy due to lack of access to basic health, social and
infrastructure services, low agricultural and livestock production levels and quality, and weak
performance of local government administrations.
* Agricultural: wheat, barley, maize, onion, carrot and turnips.
* Handicrafts: carpet and rug weaving, tailoring and embroidery.
References
External links
District ProfileUNHCR, September 2002
Map of Settlements AIMS, September 2011
Districts of Ghor Province
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