Narang District Afghans take first steps toward security DVIDS336897

Narang, Kunar, Afghanistan نرنګ in

Pashto Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official langua ...

and

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is situated in the central 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 ...

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 ...

south of Asadabad. It is surrounded by high mountains and the

Kunar River The Kūnaṛ River ( ps, د کونړ سيند), also known in its upper reaches as the Mastuj ( ps, مستوج سين), Chitral ( khw, کونڑ سين; ur, دریائے کونڑ), or Kama River ( khw, کامې سين), is about long, located ...

. The population is 36,700 (2014). The district center is the village of Kuz Narang () at 742 m altitude. It is the kunar 2nd largest district regarding Agriculture Land. The irrigation system is under rehabilitation. The land is in much good condition and fertile. The irrigation system is almost the best in Kunar province. About 75% of the people are educated. The famous villages are: 1: Bar-Narhang 2: Kotkay 3: Badel dara 4: kuz-Narhang 5: Lamatak 6: dandona 7: Char qala 8: kodo ; etc. Geographical Information for Narang Place name: Narang Latitude: 34° 46' 47" N Longitude: 71° 07' 00" E Feature description: town Area/state: Kunar Population range of place: is under 1000 Country: Afghanistan Country ISO code: AF

External links

popularmilitary.com portalAIMS District MapVlasenko Map i42-12
and old highly detailed Russian map of the area Districts of Kunar Province {{Kunar-geo-stub

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