Argo District Explained

Argo
Native Name:	ارګو
Settlement Type:	District
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
Coordinates:	37.1139°N 70.525°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Afghanistan
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Badakhshan
Seat Type:	Capital
Population Total:	44,500
Population As Of:	2014
Timezone1:	AST
Utc Offset1:	+04:30

Argo District (/) is one of the 28 districts in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. It was created in 2005 from part of Fayzabad District and is home to approximately 45,000 residents.^[1]

On 2 May 2014, there were two mudslides in the district occurring on the side of a mountain, affecting the villages of either Aab Barik or Hargu.^[2]

See also

• Fayzabad District

Notes and References

1. Web site: Badakhshan Province. Afghanistan Statistical Yearbook of the Central Statistics Office, Afghanistan, accessed via Rkabuli.20m.com. 3 January 2010.
2. Web site: Vergano. Dan. Mudslide Buries More Than 350 in Afghan Village. https://web.archive.org/web/20140503012940/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/05/140502-afghanistan-landslide-deaths-united-nations/. dead. 3 May 2014. . 2 May 2014. 4 May 2014.