Sayghan District, also spelt Saighan, Seyghan and other variant spellings (), and also known as Saraik or Sarayek, and other variant spellings of this name, is an administrative
district
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of
Bamyan province
Bamyan, also spelled Bamiyan, Bāmīān or Bāmyān (), is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan with the city of Bamyan as its center, located in central parts of Afghanistan.
The terrain in Bamyan is mountainous or semi-mountainous ...
,
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...
.
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History and geography
Saighan was conquered from Murad Beg, the Khan
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of Kunduz
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, by Dost Mohammad Khan
Dost Mohammad Khan Barakzai (Pashto/; 23 December 1792 – 8 June 1863), nicknamed the Amir-i Kabir, was the founder of the Barakzai dynasty and one of the prominent rulers of Afghanistan during the First Anglo-Afghan War. With the decline of ...
in the Afghan Turkestan Campaign of 1838-39.
Sayghan District was created in 2005 from part of Kahmard District, and until 2004 was part of Baghlan Province
Baghlan ( Dari and ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan and located in northeastern Afghanistan. As of 2020, the province has a population of about 1,014,634.
Its capital is Puli Khumri, but its name comes from the other major town in t ...
. Sayghan is the largest town and the administrative centre. The district has an area of and contained 62 villages.[Summary of District Development Plan, Saighan District, Bamyan Province]
. National Area Based Development Program, Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. September 2007. p. 3. Archived fro
the original
on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2008.[
Neighbouring districts are Bamyan District to the south, Yakawlang District to the west, Kahmard District to the north, and Shibar District to the east.
It is above sea level.]
Climate
Sayghan's Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
is Dsb, a warm continental climate with dry summers.[
]
Economics
The Da Eman coal deposits are located in Sayghan District, but by 2008 had not yet been fully commercially exploited.
The majority of economic activity is agriculture: farming in the valleys, mostly wheat, potatoes and barley; and stock, raising mostly sheep, donkeys and goats.["UNHCR Sub-Office Central Region, District Profile Saighan District"]
accessed 25 November 2008
See also
* Districts of Afghanistan
The districts of Afghanistan, known as ''wuleswali'' (, ''wuləswāləi''; , ''wuləswālī''; ''ulasvolik''), are secondary-level administrative units, one level below Provinces of Afghanistan, provinces. The Afghan government issued its fir ...
References
Districts of Bamyan Province
Hazarajat