Bargi Matal District (Barge Matal District, Bragamatal District, Kamkata-vari: , ps, برګ مټال ولسوالۍ, fa, ولسوالی برگ متال) is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

of Nuristan 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 ...

."Afghanistan Administrative Divisions"
map, March 2007, Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS) It was originally in Konarha Province (Konar Province)"Afghanistan"
political map, 1986, United States Central Intelligence Agency and then was moved to the newly created Nuristan Province in 2001.

Climate

Bargi Matal has a

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climate (

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: ''Dfb'') with a subarctic (Köppen: ''Dfc'') tendencies, resulting in long, cold winters and short, mild summers.

Boundaries

Bargi Matal District is bounded by: *

Kuran wa Munjan District Kuran wa Munjan District is one of the 28 districts of Badakhshan Province in eastern Afghanistan. Located in the Hindu Kush mountains, the district is home to approximately 8,000 residents. The district administrative center is Kuran wa Munjan. ...

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 ...

to the west and northwest, *

Chitral District Chitral District ( ur, ) was the largest district in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, covering an area of 14,850 km², before splitting into Upper Chitral District and Lower Chitral District in 2018. Part of the Malakand Div ...

of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province,

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, to the northeast and east, *

Kamdesh District Kamdesh District (Kamdeish District, ps, کامدېش ولسوالۍ, fa, ولسوالی کامدیش) is a district of Nuristan Province in eastern Afghanistan,

to the south, and * Parun District to the southwest.

Notes

External links

* Crowley, Michael (22 September 2009
"Dying For Barge Matal"
''The New Republic'' * Cavendish, Julius (13 November 2009

''The Independent'' Districts of Nuristan Province {{nuristan-geo-stub

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