Shighnan District ( - tg, Ноҳияи Шиғнони) is one of the 28
districts of the
Badakhshan Province
Badakhshan Province (Persian/ Uzbek: , ''Badaxšān'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan in the north and the Pakistani regions of Lower ...
in eastern
Afghanistan
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. It's part of the history region of
Shighnan
Shighnan, also Shignan, Shugnan, Shughnan, and Khughnan ( tg, Шигнон, fa, شغنان, Pashto: ), is an historic region whose name today may also refer to a town and a district in Badakhshan Province in the mountainous northeast of Afghani ...
that is today divided between Afghanistan and
Tajikistan
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.The district borders the
Panj River
The Panj (russian: Пяндж; fa, رودخانه پنج) (; tg, Панҷ, پنج), traditionally known as the Ochus River and also known as ''Pyandzh'' (derived from its Russian name "Пяндж"), is a tributary of the Amu Darya. The river ...
and
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
in the northeast, the
Maimay district to the west, the
Raghistan district in the southwest, the
Kohistan,
Arghanj Khwa, and
Shuhada
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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
Villages and places it
268x268px, left, Beautiful view of the , the border between Tajikistan, and Afghanistan in the region of Shighnan.">Panj river, the border between Tajikistan, and Afghanistan in the region of Shighnan.
image:Bridge shughnan tj & shughnan af.jpg, 263x263px, Friendship bridge between
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
, and
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 ...
Across the Panj river in Region Shughnon-Shughnan!, alt=
References
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District
Districts of Badakhshan Province
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