Shighnan District ( -, Shughni: ) is one of the 28

districts A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

of the

Badakhshan Province Badakhshan Province (Dari: بدخشان) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan in the north and the Pakistani regions of Lower and Upper C ...

in eastern

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. It is part of the history region of

Shighnan Shighnan, also Shignan, Shugnan, Shughnan, and Khughnan (, , Pashto: , Shughni: ), is an historic region whose name today may also refer to a town and a district in Badakhshan Province in the mountainous northeast of Afghanistan and also a dist ...

that is today divided between Afghanistan and

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.The district borders the

Panj River The Panj ( , ), traditionally known as the Ochus River, is a river in Afghanistan and Tajikistan and a tributary of the Amu Darya. The river is long and has a basin area of .

and

in the northeast, the Maimay district to the west, the Raghistan district in the southwest, the

Kohistan Kohistan (, , ), also transliterated Kuhistan, Kuhiston, Quhistan, may refer to: In Afghanistan *Kohistan District, Kapisa, Kapisa Province ** Kohistan Hesa Awal District, a district in Kapisa Province, created within the former Kohistan Distr ...

, Arghanj Khwa, and

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districts in the south, and the Ishkashim district in the southeast. Lake Shewa is located in Shighnan Valley.

Demography

The Khowar, Tajiks, Khoshey, and Pamiris are the major ethnic groups. Only the Farsi and Shughnani language are spoken. This District has a population of 27,750

Villages and places

image:Beautiful view of Panj river, of the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan the in Shughnon-shughnan region.jpg, 250px, left, The

Panj River The Panj ( , ), traditionally known as the Ochus River, is a river in Afghanistan and Tajikistan and a tributary of the Amu Darya. The river is long and has a basin area of .

, the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan in the region of Shighnan. Shiwa plain

image:Bridge shughnan tj & shughnan af.jpg, 250px, The Friendship Bridge across the

Panj Panj () is a city in southern Tajikistan which is situated on the Afghan border, some south of the capital Dushanbe. It is located along the north bank of the river Panj, from which it derives its name. The population of the town is 12,500 (Jan ...

References

External links

* Districts of Badakhshan Province {{Badakhshan-geo-stub