Jalalabad District
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Jalalabad (Pashto: جلال آباد Jalālābād) is a district in the north of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. The district contains the provincial capital, Jalalabad. In 1990 (the last date for which accurate figures are available) the population of the district was 140,611.
As of 2002, the ethnic makeup of the district was approximately 85% Pashtun and 9% Hazara. There were also 135 Hindu and Sikh families.
In 2004, part of Jalalabad district was separated off to become the new Bihsud District.
[edit] References
- UNHCR District Profile, dated 2002-04-08, accessed 2006-07-18 (PDF).