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This article is about the district in Afghanistan. For tehsil in Pakistan, see Birmil Tehsil.

Barmal District (Template:Lang-ps, Template:Lang-fa) is a district of Paktika Province, Afghanistan, bordering South Waziristan and North Waziristan to the east. Angur Ada is a port entry to Paktika Province and a major economic hub. The government office of Barmal District is located in Newai Ada.

History

Barmal was one of the districts most affected by the 2022 Afghanistan earthquake, which killed at least 500 persons and injured a thousand others in the district.[1] Many houses constructed primarily of mud and wood were razed to the ground.[2] Heavy rain and the earthquake contributed to landslides that destroyed entire hamlets.[3]

Geography

Major towns of Barmal District are:

  1. Newai Ada
  2. Margha Ada
  3. Laman Ada
  4. Gajikhel Ada
  5. Zargar Ada
  6. Titoon Shaga[4][5][6]

People

The people of Barmal are Pashtuns, mainly from the Wazir and Kharoti tribes.

Demographics

The population of the district in 2004 was 88,028.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Afghanistan: Earthquake - Jun 2022". reliefweb.int.
  2. ^ Padshah, Safiullah; Ives, Mike (22 June 2022). "Afghanistan Live Updates: At Least 1,000 Killed in Earthquake, Official Media Says: The quake struck 28 miles southwest of the provincial capital of Khost". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Thousands of Afghanistan earthquake survivors remain without food and shelter despite aid coming in". The New Arab. 25 June 2022. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Barmal (District, Afghanistan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
  5. ^ "Paktika administrative units".
  6. ^ http://www.fao.org/3/i0034e/i0034e00.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  7. ^ Paktika provincial profile, June 2004, profile compiled by the National Area-Based Development Programme (NABDP) of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD)
  8. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-12. Retrieved 2021-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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