Gelan District

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Gelan
گیلان
District
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Gelan
Location within Afghanistan
Coordinates: 32°43′52″N67°38′11″E / 32.730974°N 67.636271°E / 32.730974; 67.636271
Country Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan
Province Ghazni Province
Elevation
2,000 m (6,600 ft)

Gelan is a district in the south of Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Its population was estimated at 78,408 in 2002. The district capital is Janda. [1]

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The district is within the heartland of the Tarakai tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns. [2]

Demographics

Afghan children walk along a road near a bazaar in the Gelan district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, Nov. 2, 2013 Afghan children walk along a road near a bazaar in the Gelan district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, Nov. 2, 2013 131102-A-YF193-079.jpg
Afghan children walk along a road near a bazaar in the Gelan district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, Nov. 2, 2013

References

  1. ↑ "District Profile" (PDF). UNHCR. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2005. Retrieved 25 April 2006.
  2. ↑ Ghazni Province Tribal Map (Page 4). Naval Postgraduate School.
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