Artin Jelow

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Artin Jelow
Ārtīn Jelow
Artin Jelow (Afghanistan)
Artin Jelow
Artin Jelow
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 37°4′40″N 70°10′1″E / 37.07778, 70.16694
Country Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan
Province Badakhshan Province
Time zone + 4.30 (UTC)

Artin Jelow (also Atin Jilao) is a village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.[1] It is roughly 16 miles southeast of Rustak. There is a bridge over the Kokcha River there. In the 1970s, the village population were primarily Tajiks. [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ NGA GeoName Database. National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Retrieved on 2008-05-27.
  2. ^ (1972) in Adamec, Ludwig W.: Historical and Political Gazeteer of Afghanistan 1. Graz, Austria: Akadamische Druck-u. Verlangsanstalt, 25. 

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