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Shighnan District

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Country
  
Afghanistan

Time zone
  
UTC+4:30

Capital
  
Shughnan

Province
  
Badakhshan Province

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Shighnan District (Persian: شهرستان سغنان‎‎ -Tajik: Ноҳияи Шиғнони) is one of the 28 districts of the Badakhshan Province in eastern Afghanistan. It's part of the history region of Shighnan that is today divided between Afghanistan and Tajikistan.The district borders the Panj River and  Tajikistan in the northeast, the Maimay district to the west, the Raghistan district in the southwest, the Kohistan, Arghanj Khwa, and Shuhada districts in the south, and the Ishkashim district in the southeast.

Contents

Map of Sheghnan, Afghanistan

Demography

The Khowar, Tajiks, Khoshey, and Pamiris are the major ethnic groups. Pashto and Persian are also spoken.

Villages and places it

This District has a population of 27,750

References

Shighnan District Wikipedia