Wakhan District

Wakhan
Persian and Pashto: واخان · Tajik: Вахон

District Capital : Khandud

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Country Afghanistan
Province Badakhshan
Population
  Total 13,000

Capital : Khandud

Beautiful nature of the Wakhan langar

Wakhan District is one of the 28 districts of Badakhshan Province in eastern Afghanistan. Total population for the district is about 13,000 residents. The district has three international borders: Tajikistan to the north, Pakistan to the south (specifically Gilgit-Baltistan) and Afghanistan's only border with China to the east. Capital of the district is the big village of Khandud , which has population 1244

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