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Bangi District is a district of
Takhar Province Takhar (Dari , Farsi/Pashto: ) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeast of the country next to Tajikistan. It is surrounded by Badakhshan in the east, Panjshir in the south, and Baghlan and Kunduz in the w ...
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Geography

Bangi has an area of 566 square kilometers, comparatively equivalent to the area of Hitra Island. The district does have access to the highway linking
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and
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, which is a major road. Bangi has two tributaries of the Bangi River running through the district. One of them originates in Ishkamish District and the other originates in Khost wa Fereng District. They meet in Bangi District and run to the
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. There is one bridge over the Bangi river, which connects 15000 people with the district center. Before it was built, a portion of the district would be cut off from the rest for several months. Bangi is bordered by Dasht-e-Archi to the north, Baharak to the northeast, Taluqan to the east,
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to the southeast, Ishkamish to the south, and Khanabad to the west. Khanabad is located in Kunduz Province, with all other districts in Takhar Province. Bangi may also border Aqtash District, but Aqtash is a temporary district. There are 59 villages in Bangi District.


History

Bangi was first recognized in 1998 in the 329 Afghanistan district set, mapped by AIMS. The district was considered to be an anti-
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bulwark in 2010 (in the
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) because of its large Uzbek population. The district governor was killed by the Taliban in 2015. Later in 2015, the Taliban claimed to have captured Bangi. Two years later, the Taliban claimed that the entire district was under full governmental control. Bangi was considered to be under full government control in late 2017 by the
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classified it as contested. An irrigation canal that benefits over 7,500 people was built in 2019.


Demographics

The district has a population of about 39,042 and a sex ratio of 101 males for every 100 females. Bangi has an Uzbek majority at 80% of the population, with Tajik, Hazara, and
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minorities at ten, six and four percent of the total population. The median age is 17.2, which is one of the highest in the province. Only
Warsaj District Warsaj District is a district of Takhar Province, northern Afghanistan. Geography Warsaj has an area of 2705.3 square kilometers, comparatively equivalent to the area of Unalaska Island. Warsaj District is located at the end of the Farkhar Ri ...
has a higher median age. About 50% of the population is working, and about 10% of the unemployed are seeking a job. The district is home to about 5,827 households, with an average size of 6.7 people.


References


External links


2002 Map of Bangi
{{Authority control Districts of Takhar Province