Qarghayi District (
Persian
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: ولسوالی قرغهای) has 60 villages. It is the largest district in
Laghman Province
Laghman (Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. It has a population of about 502,148, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. Laghman hosts a large number of historical landmarks, m ...
, and is located 30 km from the provincial centre of
Mihtarlam
Mihtarlam ( fa, مهترلام, ps, مهترلام), also spelled Mehtar Lam, is the sixteenth-largest city of Afghanistan. It is the capital of Laghman Province and center of Mihtarlam District. It is the only large urban settlement in the p ...
. It borders
Mihtarlam District
Mihtarlam District is located in the center of Laghman Province and consists of the urban centre and provincial capital Mihtarlam and 24 major villages and 269 sub-villages.
Etymology
Mihtarlam derives its name from Mihtarlam Baba ( Lamech), w ...
to the north,
Alingar District
Alingar District is located approximately 27 km from Mehtarlam, the provincial capital of Laghman Province and borders with Alishing and Dawlat Shah districts to the West, Nuristan Province to the North, Kunar and Nangarhar provinces to t ...
to the northeast,
Nangarhar Province to the south and
Kabul Province
Kabul (Persian: ), situated in the east of the country, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. The capital of the province is Kabul city, which is also Afghanistan's capital and largest city. The population of the Kabul Province is ...
to the west. The district center is the village of
Lalkhanabad, located between the
Kabul River and its tributary the
Alingar River
The Alingar River (also Alingâr) is a river in Laghman Province of eastern Afghanistan.
It is one of the major tributaries of the Kabul River, part of the Indus River
The Indus ( ) is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalaya ...
.
History
On 15 December 2014, a civilian was killed in a roadside mine blast. On 19 February 2019, six people were killed in a roadside bombing.
Demographics
The population is 86,900 (2006) - 80%
Pashtun
Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically re ...
, 5%
Tajik and 15%
Pashai.
Economy
Most of the arable land in this district has not been drought-affected, so the agriculture is the main source of income. The health care is in relatively better condition than the other districts. During the wars 40% of the houses have been destroyed and the people, who fled are now returning.
References
External links
2003 AIMS District ProfileAIMS District Map
Districts of Laghman Province
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