Ghaziabad District, Kunar Province
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Ghaziabad District is in the northern part of
Kunar Province Kunar (Pashto: ; Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. Its capital is Asadabad. Its population is estimated to be 508,224. Kunar's major political groups include Wahhabis or Ahl-e- Ha ...
,
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."Afghanistan Administrative Divisions"
map, March 2007, Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS)
It was created in 2004 from the northern part of
Bar Kunar District Bar Kunar District is situated in the northeastern part of Kunar Province, Afghanistan. It borders Asadabad district to the southwest, Nuristan Province to the northwest, Nari district to the northeast and Dangam district to the southeast. The ...
. It was named after the Khan of Ghaziabad, Amir Muhammad Ghazi Khan Shaheed. Its population is 7,500 (2004)."CSO 2003 - 2004 Population Statistics - 388 Districts"
from Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS) The district center is the village of Ghaziabad () at altitude. T he area is mountainous and there is little
arable land Arable land (from the la, arabilis, "able to be ploughed") is any land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops.''Oxford English Dictionary'', "arable, ''adj''. and ''n.''" Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2013. Alternatively, for th ...
. Many of its residents work in
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Boundaries

Ghaziabad District borders on: * Nuristan Province to the northwest and north * Naray District to the east *
Bar Kunar District Bar Kunar District is situated in the northeastern part of Kunar Province, Afghanistan. It borders Asadabad district to the southwest, Nuristan Province to the northwest, Nari district to the northeast and Dangam district to the southeast. The ...
to the south * Dangam District to the west


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Districts of Kunar Province {{Kunar-geo-stub ru:Гхазиабад