Charkint District

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Charkint, or Chahar Kint, is a district in Balkh Province, Afghanistan. It has a population of 32,306.[1] The district administration is in the town of Charkint, which means "four towns" - from Persian chahār, "four", and Sogdian[2] kand, "town" (Turkicized to kint). The area of the district is 1,357 square kilometres (524 sq mi).

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  1. ↑ http://www.mrrd.gov.af/nabdp/Provincial%20Profiles/Balkh%20PDP%20Provincial%20profile.pdf Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development of Afghanistan
  2. ↑ Room, Adrian (2006). Placenames of the World: Origins and Meanings of the Names for 6,600 Countries, Cities, Territories, Natural Features and Historic Sites (2nd edition ed.). London: McFarland. p. 330. ISBN 0-7864-2248-3. "Samarkand. The city derives its name from [...] Sogdian kand, "fort", "town"." 

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