Zazi District ( ps, ځاځي ولسوالۍ, fa, ولسوالی جاجی), also called Jaji, Dzadzi or Aryob, is a district in

Paktia Province Paktia (Pashto/Dari: – ''Paktyā'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the east of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktia Province is divided into 15 districts and has a population of roughly ...

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.Jaji District Development Plan - MRRD
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Zazi The Zazi ( ps, ځاځي; plur. ځاځی), also spelled Zazai, or Jaji, is a Karlani Afghan tribe. They are found in Paktia and Khost provinces in the Loya Paktia region of southeastern Afghanistan, as well as Kurram Valley of Pakistan, but als ...

tribe of

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.Paktia Province Tribal Map (Page 12)
Naval Postgraduate School.

Demographics & population

Like in the rest of Afghanistan, no exact population numbers are available. The Afghan Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation & Development (MRRD) along with UNHCR and Central Statistics Office (CSO) of Afghanistan estimated the population of Zazi district to be around 45,923 (CSO 2004). According to the same sources, but according to the local tribe estimation and counting, the total population of Zazai( ps, ځاځي ) is in two district of Ahmad Khel and Aryub 375000 in 2016 (Malak Aziz Khan from Larliwani village),

make up 100% of the total population.

References

Districts of Paktia Province {{Paktia-geo-stub

Demographics & population

See also

References