Panjab_District

Panjab District

Panjab District

District in Bamyan, Afghanistan

This article is about a district in Afghanistan. For other uses of the name, see Punjab (disambiguation).

Panjab (Dari: پنجاب) is district in the central part of Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan. The capital is the town of Panjab. Panjab contains 5 valleys (Darai Sia, Darai Nargis, Darai Mahretuspus, Darai Ghurguri and Darai Taquab-Barg), the water running through the 5 valleys meet in the centre of the district.[2] Its population is entirely Hazara people.

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At 2,700 metres above sea level it has the highest altitude in the province, the city of Panjab is located 298 km from the capital Kabul - however travel is difficult especially in winter - the journey takes 14 hours.[2] Two rival parties, Pazdar and Hezb-e-Wahdat, dominate the district and have divided the district between them - there has been fighting between them[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Bamyan Provincial Profile" (PDF). Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  2. [2]
    UNHCR Sub-Office Central Region - District Profile Punjab



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