Sarhadd

Sarhadd
Sarhadd
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates:
Country  Afghanistan
Province Badakhshan Province
Time zone + 4.30

Sarhadd or Sarhad, also known as Sarhad-e Broghil or Sarhad-e Wakhan, is a village in the Wakhan in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.[1]

Sarhadd lies at an altitude of 3,400 m[2] on the Wakhan River, at a point where the river broadens into a wide plain. It is inhabited by Wakhi people.[3] The village lies at the end of a rough road from Ishkashim, and just to the north of the Broghil Pass.

The population of the village (2003) is 548.[3]

References

  1. ^ "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20080608190852/http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp. Retrieved 2008-06-11. 
  2. ^ United Nations Environment Programme (2003) Wakhan Mission Report
  3. ^ a b Mock and O'Neill (2004), Expedition Report

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