Qurchi

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Qurchi
Town
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Qurchi
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 35°54′37″N65°35′29″E / 35.91028°N 65.59139°E / 35.91028; 65.59139
Country Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan
Province Faryab Province
District Bilchiragh District
Time zone + 4.30

Qurchi, also Kypim, [1] is a major town in Bilchiragh District in the Faryab Province, in northern Afghanistan. [2] It lies west of Negala. The town has a significant Uzbek population. [1]

History

The town was occupied by Maimana officers in 1888. [3]

Norwegian soldiers were attacked in Qurchi in July 2010.

References

  1. 1 2 Jarring, Gunnar (1939). On the distribution of Turk tribes in Afghanistan: an attempt at a preliminary classification. Gleerup. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "Afghanistan Settlements Index". United Nations Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs. Archived from the original (accessed externally by google in PDF/Adobe Acrobat) on 22 March 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  3. ↑ Lee, Jonathan L. (1996). The "ancient supremacy": Bukhara, Afghanistan, and the battle for Balkh, 1731-1901. BRILL. p. 521. ISBN   978-90-04-10399-3 . Retrieved 29 April 2011.


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