Wakhan
واخان
Mountains in Wakhan
Mountains in Wakhan
The location of Wakhan District within Badakhshan Province
The location of Wakhan District within Badakhshan Province
Coordinates: 37°07′45″N 73°37′07″E / 37.129240°N 73.618680°E / 37.129240; 73.618680
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceBadakhshan
Village numbers112
CapitalKhandud
Government
 • GovernorNasratullah Nayel
Area
 • Total
11,258 km2 (4,347 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
16,873

Wakhan District[a] is one of the 28 districts of Badakhshan province in eastern Afghanistan. Located between Tajikistan in the north and Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral District in the south, the district separates Tajikistan and Pakistan while also connecting Afghanistan to China as it has Afghanistan's only border with Xinjiang in China in the eastern side of the district.

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  1. ^ Dari and Tajik: ولسوالی واخان Wuluswālī-i-Wākhān; Pashto: واخان ولسوالۍ Wākhān Wələswālai; Kyrgyz: ﯞاحان رايونۇ Wahan raionu

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