Sarhadd

Sarhadd
Sarhadd

Location in Afghanistan

Coordinates: 36°59′0″N 73°27′0″E / 36.98333°N 73.45000°E / 36.98333; 73.45000Coordinates: 36°59′0″N 73°27′0″E / 36.98333°N 73.45000°E / 36.98333; 73.45000
Country  Afghanistan
Province Badakhshan Province
Time zone + 4.30

Sarhadd or Sarhad, also known as Sarhad-e Broghil or Sarhad-e Wakhan, is a village in the Wakhan in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.[1]

Sarhadd lies at an altitude of 3,400 m[2] on the Wakhan River, at a point where the river broadens into a wide plain. It is inhabited by Wakhi people.[3] The village lies at the end of a rough road from Ishkashim, and just to the north of the Broghil Pass.

The population of the village (2003) is 548.[3]

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