Kang District

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Kang District (Balochi: کنگ ئے دمگ, Dari: ولسوالی کنگ) is a district of Nimruz Province in Afghanistan. It has a population of about 13,514 as of 2004, which is 70% ethnic Baloch, 15% Pashtun, and 15% Tajik. [1]

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  1. "Kang District" (PDF). Central Statistics Office Afghanistan. Afghanistan's Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. United Nations. 2004. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2012-07-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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