Argo District ( / ) is one of the 28 districts in
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 ...
,
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 ...
. It was created in 2005 from part of
Fayzabad District and is home to approximately 45,000 residents.
On 2 May 2014, there were
two mudslides in the district occurring on the side of a mountain, affecting the villages of either
Aab Barik or
Hargu.
References
Districts of Badakhshan Province
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