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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.
Within Afghanistan, it borders Logar Province, Ghazni Province, Paktika Province, and Khost Province, in counterclockwise order. Paktia is a largely mountainous province, with most of the population living in the central valley stretching from Ahmadkhel in the east down through Zurmat and into neighboring Paktika province.
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]
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.
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.
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]
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] There are also Uzbeks and Sayed People in smaller numbers. Like many place names in Afghanistan, Urgun can be spelled a number of different ways. "Urgon", "Orgun ...