Barg-i Matal District
| Bargi Matal | |
|---|---|
| District | |
  Bargi Matal Location within Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 35°46′30″N 71°15′10″E / 35.77500°N 71.25278°E | |
| Country |
 Afghanistan |
| Province | Nuristan Province |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 15,000[1] |
Afghan soldiers fighting in Bargi Matal in 2009
Bargi Matal District (Barge Matal District, Bragamatal District, Pashto: برګ مټال ولسوالۍ, Persian: ولسوالی برگ متال) is a district of Nuristan Province, Afghanistan.[2] It was originally in Konarha Province (Konar Province)[3] and then was moved to the newly created Nuristan Province in 2001.
Boundaries
Bargi Matal District is bounded by:[2]
- Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province to the west and northwest,
- Chitral District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan, to the northeast and east,
- Kamdesh District to the south, and
- Parun District to the southwest.
See also
- Peshawar, Afghanistan, a settlement in the district
Notes
- ↑ "Nuristan Provincial Profile" (PDF). Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- 1 2 "Afghanistan Administrative Divisions" map, March 2007, Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS)
- ↑ "Afghanistan" political map, 1986, United States Central Intelligence Agency
External links
- Crowley, Michael (22 September 2009) "Dying For Barge Matal" The New Republic
- Cavendish, Julius (13 November 2009) "Barge Matal: It's a Place We Never Want to Go Back To", The Independent
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