Chapa Dara District: Difference between revisions
Adding geodata: {{coord|34|58|58|N|70|35|58|E|region:AF-KNR_type:adm2nd_source:kolossus-dewiki|display=title}} |
m r2.7.1) (Robot: Adding fa:ولسوالی چپهدره |
||
Line 20: | Line 20: | ||
[[de:Chapa Dara]] |
[[de:Chapa Dara]] |
||
[[fa:ولسوالی چپهدره]] |
|||
[[pnb:ضلع چپہ درہ]] |
[[pnb:ضلع چپہ درہ]] |
||
[[ru:Чапа Дара]] |
[[ru:Чапа Дара]] |
Revision as of 21:37, 10 February 2012
This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards. (May 2009) |
Chapa Dara District is situated in the western part of Konar Province, Afghanistan and borders Nuristan Province. The population is 27,500 (2006). The district is mountainous and farming and animal husbandry are not possible in the whole district. Some people work abroad. Health care and the education need improvement.
The district borders Nuristan Province to the north and northwest, Laghman Province to the southwest, and the Pech and Nurgal districts of Kunar Province to the east and south respectively.
The population of the district is predominantley Safi Pashtun and Pashai. In the Digal valley region, remnants of the Indo-Aryan Nangalami (Grangali)Language is still spoken in two villages.
The Chapa Dara District is notoriously known as a very hostile and dangerous region, infested with Taliban and illegal Taliban checkpoints.