Baharak | |
Native Name: | بهارک |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Badakhshan |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Baharak |
Government Type: | District council |
Baharak district is a district of Badakhshan province, Afghanistan, located about 30 km southeast of the provincial capital Fayzabad. The capital is the city of Baharak. The district is also called Baharistan.
Sir Aurel Stein says that Bahārak was the capital of Badakhshan before the present capital of Fayzabad.[1]