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==Geography==
==Geography==
Yangi Qala has an area of 247 square kilometers, comparatively equivalent to [[Malta]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | title = Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area | accessdate = 28 July 2020 | date = 18 February 1998 | publisher = [[United Nations Environment Program]]}}</ref> The district lies within the watershed of the Ab-i Rustaq River, a tributary of the [[Panj River]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aizon.org/Watershed%20Atlas%20of%20Afghansitan/Volume%20I/Watershed%20Atlas_Part%20IV.pdf|page=111|title=Part IV: Description of Watersheds|accessdate=28 July 2020|website=aizon.org}}</ref>
Yangi Qala has an area of 247 square kilometers, comparatively equivalent to [[Malta]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | title = Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area | accessdate = 28 July 2020 | date = 18 February 1998 | publisher = [[United Nations Environment Program]]}}</ref> The district lies within the watershed of the Ab-i Rustaq River, a tributary of the [[Panj River]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aizon.org/Watershed%20Atlas%20of%20Afghansitan/Volume%20I/Watershed%20Atlas_Part%20IV.pdf|page=111|title=Part IV: Description of Watersheds|accessdate=28 July 2020|website=aizon.org}}</ref> There is a primary road going from the district center to the [[Khwaja Bahauddin District]] center, continuing to the [[Dashti Qala District]] center and ending by the district center in [[Khwaja Ghar District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nps.edu/documents/105988371/107571254/Takhar+Maps+Combined.pdf/1264b126-de15-4a96-8871-aa514bb42251|publisher=AIMS|website=nps.edu|page=14|title=Takhar Maps Combined}}</ref>

The district borders [[Chah Ab District]] to the east, [[Rustaq District]] to the southeast, Khwaja Bahauddin District to the southwest, [[Darqad District]] to the west, and [[Khatlon Region|Khatlon]] to the north. All bordering districts are located in Takhar province, Afghanistan except for Khatlon, which is a [[Tajikistan|Tajik]] province.<ref name="unfpa" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923015042/http://www.aims.org.af/maps/national/political_divisions/political_divisions_34.pdf|title=Afghanistan Administrative Divisions|accessdate=28 July 2020|website=aims.org.af}}</ref> The Panj River separates Yangi Qala from Tajikistan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@37.4953215,69.6155648,11z|title=Yangi Qala|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref>

==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 17:53, 28 July 2020

Yangi Qala District
District
Yangi Qala District is located in Afghanistan
Yangi Qala District
Yangi Qala District
Location of the district headquarters in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 37°28′N 69°37′E / 37.47°N 69.62°E / 37.47; 69.62
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceTakhār Province
Area
[1]
 • Total
247 km2 (95 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)[2]
 • Total
23,959
 • Density97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Standard Time)

Yangi Qala District is a district in Takhar Province, Afghanistan. Economically the population of this district is primarily involved in agriculture. The main crops are rice and wheat, and the surplus rice is exporting to neighboring districts and provinces. As of September 2019, the district was controlled by the Taliban.[3]

Geography

Yangi Qala has an area of 247 square kilometers, comparatively equivalent to Malta.[4] The district lies within the watershed of the Ab-i Rustaq River, a tributary of the Panj River.[5] There is a primary road going from the district center to the Khwaja Bahauddin District center, continuing to the Dashti Qala District center and ending by the district center in Khwaja Ghar District.[6]

The district borders Chah Ab District to the east, Rustaq District to the southeast, Khwaja Bahauddin District to the southwest, Darqad District to the west, and Khatlon to the north. All bordering districts are located in Takhar province, Afghanistan except for Khatlon, which is a Tajik province.[2][7] The Panj River separates Yangi Qala from Tajikistan.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Summary of District Development Plan: Yangi Qala, Takhar province" (PDF). mrrd-nabdp.org. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Takhar Socio-Demographic Economic Survey" (PDF). afghanistan.unfpa.org. UNFPA. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Takhar's Yangi Qala District Falls To Taliban: Officials". TOLOnews. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area". United Nations Environment Program. 18 February 1998. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Part IV: Description of Watersheds" (PDF). aizon.org. p. 111. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Takhar Maps Combined". nps.edu. AIMS. p. 14.
  7. ^ "Afghanistan Administrative Divisions" (PDF). aims.org.af. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Yangi Qala". Google Maps. Retrieved 28 July 2020.


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