The Zinda Jan District is located in the central part of
Herat Province
Herat ( Persian: ) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north-western part of the country. Together with Badghis, Farah, and Ghor provinces, it makes up the north-western region of Afghanistan. Its primary city a ...
in
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is borde ...
. It borders
Gulran and
Kushk districts to the north,
Injil and
Guzara districts to the east,
Adraskan District
Adraskan is a district in the central part of Herat Province in Afghanistan. It is bordered to the west by Iran, to the north by Ghoryan District, Zinda Jan District, Guzara District, Pashtun Zarghun District and Obe District, to the east by ...
to the south and
Ghoryan and
Kohsan districts to the west. The population is 55,500 (2012 year).
The district center is the town of
Zendeh Jan
Zinda Jan (Zindehjan, Fushanj) ( fa, زنده جان; fa, پوشنگ) is a town in the valley of the Hari River in the central part of Herat Province, Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, ام ...
, situated in the valley of the
Hari River.
Agriculture
The following table demonstrates the total amount of irrigated and rain-fed lands in the district.
District map
Map of SettlementsIMMAP, September 2011
References
Districts of Herat Province
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