Baghlan

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Coordinates: 36°7′58″N 68°42′0″E / 36.13278, 68.7
Baghlan بغلان
Baghlan Location in Afghanistan
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Baghlan Province
Elevation	5,577 ft (1,700 m)
Population (2003)
- Total	61,100
Time zone	+ 4.30 (UTC)

Baghlan (Persian: بغلان ; Baġlān) is a city northern in Afghanistan and in the province named after it, Baghlan Province. It is located 3 miles east of the Kunduz River, 35 miles south of Khanabad, and about 1,700 feet above sea level in the northern part of the Hindu Kush.

1 History
2 Economy
3 Demographics
4 2007 Bombing
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

Baghlan began as an urban centre in the 1930s due urban growth as a result of a new road from Kabul to over the Kunduz River.^[1]

[edit] Economy

Baghlan is the center of beet-sugar production in the country. Cotton production and cotton manufacturing are also important in the region.

[edit] Demographics

The estimation of the population in 1960 was about 20,000 and about 24,410 in 1963, which would have been a supposed increase of 81.93% in a three year duration. The estimated population in 1965 was 92,432 which was an increase of 26.41% in two years. Tajiks, most of them originally from Parwan, Taloqan, and Mazari Sharif, make up the majority in the city of Baghlan. There is also a large number of immigrant Pashtuns that settled in Baghlan mostly originally from Kandahar and Nangarhar.^[1]

[edit] 2007 Bombing

Main article: 2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing

On 6th November 2007, a suicide bombing targeted a sugar factory in Baghlan during a visit by members of the National Assembly of Afghanistan. Up to 100 people have been reported killed, including six legislators.