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Map showing Zarghun Shahr District after 2004 division. Khairkot District (Pashto: خیرکوټ ولسوالۍ), also known as Katawaz (کټواز) or Zarghun Shar District (Pashto: زرغونښار ولسوالۍ, Dari: ولسوالی زرغونشهر), is a district of Paktika Province, Afghanistan.
Paktika (Pashto: پکتیکا) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktika has a population of about 789,000 residents, [ 3 ] who are mostly ethnic Pashtuns but smaller communities of Tajiks and others may also be found in the province.
The site of a large fortress, Urgun used to be the capital of the largely undeveloped and remote province of Paktika.In the 1970s, however, the provincial capital was moved from Urgun to the town of Sharana, due to Sharana's proximity with the main highway connecting it to the larger cities and commercial centers of Kabul and Kandahar.
Map of Paktika Province with the district of Gayan being in orange color in the upper right. Gayan District (Pashto: ګيان ولسوالۍ, Dari: ولسوالی گیان) is a district of Paktika Province, Afghanistan. The estimated population in 2019 was 46,977 people. [1] The district is within the heartland of the Zadran tribe of Pashtuns. [2]
Sharana (Pashto: ښرنه) is the capital of Paktika Province, Afghanistan. It is located at an altitude of 2,200 meters. [2] Its population was estimated to be 2,200 in 2006. [3] The city of Sharana has a population of 15,651 (in 2015) [4] and is located within the heartland of the Sulaimankhel tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns. [5]
Khairkot (Pashto: خیرکوټ), also known as Zarghun Shar (زرغونښار), Zarghun Shahr (زرغونشهر), [1] or Katawaz [2] (کټواز), is a town in and administrative seat of Khairkot District, Paktika Province, in eastern Afghanistan.
The largest tribe in Urgun are the Tajik,formuli, Paktika Province Tribal Map (Page 11).Naval Postgraduate School.</ref> Other tribes include the Kharoti, Sulaimankhel, and Wazir. [1]
Sharana District (Pashto: ښرنه ولسوالۍ) or Sharan District is home to the city of Sharana, which is the capital of Paktika Province, Afghanistan. The Paktika Governor's compound is in Sharana, attached to the police headquarters for the province. The district is within the heartland of the Sulaimankhel tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns. [1]