Adraskan District Explained

Official Name:Adraskan
Native Name:ادرسکن
Native Name Lang:pa
Settlement Type:District
Coordinates:33.79°N 61.825°W
Pushpin Map:Afghanistan
Pushpin Label Position:right
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Afghanistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Herat
Population Total:52,200
Population As Of:2012
Population Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:10,070

Adraskan[2] is a district in the central part of Herat Province in Afghanistan. It is bordered to the west by Iran, to the north by Ghoryan District, Zinda Jan District, Guzara District, Pashtun Zarghun District and Obe District, to the east by Farsi District and to the south by Shindand District.

The population was estimated at 52,200 in 2012. The district is large; the eastern part is much more populated than the west. The Harut River (also known as the Adraskan River) flows from east to south through Adraskan. The main road from Herat to Kandahar passes in a north–south direction through the district center, the ancient town of Adraskan.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Settled Population of Herat Province. Central Statistics Organization. 30 December 2015. 23 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151023063038/http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/Herat(1).pdf. dead.
  2. Web site: Summary of District Development Plan. Adraskan District Development Assembly. 30 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214839/http://www.mrrd-nabdp.org/attachments/article/143/Adraskan%20DDP%20Summary.pdf. 2016-03-03. dead.