Nirkh District

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Nirkh is a district of about 480 square kilometres in the east of Wardak Province, Afghanistan. Its population, consisting of about 80% Pashtuns, 15% Tajiks and 5% Hazara, was estimated at 57,000 in 2002. The district centre is Kane Ezzat.

During the presidency of Mohammed Daoud Khan in the 1970s, Nirkh District was planted with many fruit trees; however, these have since dried up in droughts.

[edit] References

• UNHCR District Profile, dated 2002-07-06, accessed 2006-08-18 (PDF).

[edit] External links

• Map of Nirkh district (PDF)

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