Charsadda District, Afghanistan

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Charsadda
چارسده
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Charsadda
Location within Afghanistan
Coordinates: 34°54′56″N65°17′17″E / 34.9156°N 65.2881°E / 34.9156; 65.2881
Country Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan
Province Ghor
Center Qale-Zobayd
Elevation
2,100 m (6,900 ft)
Population
 (2012) [1]
  Total26,600

Charsada (Chahar Sada) District is a District of Ghor province, Afghanistan. [1] It was created from the northwestern part of Chaghcharan District in 2005. The district center is Qale-Zobayd. The population is 26,600.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Settled Population of Ghor Province" (PDF). Central Statistics Organization. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2015.