Dashti Qala District

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Dashti Qala District
District
Dashti Qala District Map
Location of the district in Takhar Province
Coordinates: 37°8′35″N 69°27′13″E / 37.14306°N 69.45361°E / 37.14306; 69.45361
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceTakhār Province
RecognizedJanuary 2004[2]
Government
 • Police CommanderAbdul Raouf Hamidi[3]
Area
[4]
 • Total270 km2 (100 sq mi)
Elevation
455 m (1,493 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total41,659[1]
 • Density220/km2 (600/sq mi)
 Population total is of 2020, and the density is of 2015
Ethnicity
[5]
 • Uzbek60%
 • Tajik35%
 • Pashtun5%
Time zoneUTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Standard Time)
Post Code
3759[6]

Dashti Qala District (دشت قلعه) is a district of Takhar Province, Afghanistan. It split from Khwaja Ghar District in June 2005.[7] This district borders Tajikistan. Ai-Khanoum, probably founded by the Seleucid Empire, is located in this district. In 2018, this district was considered contested between the government and the Taliban.[8]

Geography[edit]

Dashti Qala District has an area of 270 square kilometers,[4] comparatively equivalent to Niue.[9] The Panj River borders the district, and the Kokcha River crosses Dashti Qala.[10] The climate of the district is classified as cold, semi-arid steppe on the Köppen–Geiger climate classification system.[11]

Location[edit]

The district is surrounded by Darqad to the northwest, Khwaja Bahauddin to the north, Rustaq to the east, Khwaja Ghar to the south, and Khatlon province (Tajikistan) to the west.[12] The Panj River forms the border between Khatlon Province and Dashti Qala.[10]

Demographics[edit]

Dashti Qala has a gender ratio of 103 males for every 100 females, matching the province. Dashti Qala has a young population, with an average age of 15.8 years.[13] 84.3% of the population have never completed a class (which is 74.2% of males and 95% of females). 44.7% of Dashti Qala's population did not work prior to the United Nations Population Fund survey in 2015. Of that, 44.7%, 90% were unable to work. Dashti Qala has 31.5% of children under age 5. The average household size is 6.9 people.

Economy[edit]

Wood is the main source of energy for heating and cooking. Most inhabitants use the sun for light.[13] Dashti Qala receives 95.2% of its water from dug wells. 99.3% of houses are made of wood and dirt. Meanwhile, 24.6% of the households have an improved sanitation facility. About half of the houses have two rooms.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mapping Taliban Control". longwarjournal.org. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Map of Afghanistan". maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  3. ^ Ajmal Kakar (31 December 2019). "Taliban closing in on bazaar". pajhwok.com. Pajhwok Afghan News. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Takhar: A Socio-Economic and Demographic Profile" (PDF). University of California, Davis. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Dasht e Qala Agha" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Dashti Qala Post Codes". worldpostalcode.com. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  7. ^ "398 District Division Matching to 329 District Division". aims.org. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Quarterly Report to the United States Congress" (PDF). SIGAR. 30 January 2019. p. 71. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area". United Nations Environment Program. 18 February 1998. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2020. 263.7 sq.km. Niue
  10. ^ a b "Dasht-e-qala". Google Maps. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  11. ^ Beck, Hylke E.; Zimmermann, Niklaus E.; McVicar, Tim R.; Vergopolan, Noemi; Berg, Alexis; Wood, Eric F. (30 October 2018). "Present and future Köppen-Geiger climate classification maps at 1-km resolution". Scientific Data. 5: 180214. Bibcode:2018NatSD...580214B. doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.214. PMC 6207062. PMID 30375988.
  12. ^ "Takhar Socio-Demographic and Economic Survey 2015" (PDF). UNFPA. p. 19. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Takhar Socio-Demographic and Economic Survey 2015" (PDF). UNFPA. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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