Zaranj District is a district of
Nimruz Province
Nimruz or Nimroz (Dari: ; Balochi: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the southwestern part of the country. It lies to the east of the Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran and north of Balochistan, Pakistan, also borde ...
,
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 ...
, containing the provincial capital city of
Zaranj
Zaranj or Zarang ( Persian/Pashto/ bal, زرنج) is a city in southwestern Afghanistan, near the border with Iran, which has a population of 160,902 people as of 2015. It is the capital of Nimruz Province and is linked by highways with Lashkarga ...
.
Route 606 connects Zaranj to Delaram which helps the Trade, and the toll-customs revenues have grown.
Demographics
In 2004, Zaranj had a population of 49,851 people in 242 villages. The population was given as
Baloch 44%,
Pashtun
Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically re ...
34% and
Tajik 22%.
Agriculture
Per a 2007 report from the
, the district grows maize, wheat, melon, watermelon, millet and lentil.
[Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, National Area Based Development Programme. ]
Summary of District Development Plan - Zaranj District, Nimroz Province
''. April 2007
References
Districts of Nimruz Province
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