Official Name: | Chora |
Native Name: | چوره |
Native Name Lang: | prs |
Settlement Type: | District |
Coordinates: | 32.8472°N 66.05°W |
Pushpin Map: | Afghanistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Afghanistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Uruzgan |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Chora |
Population Total: | 73,750 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Area Total Km2: | 3,005 |
Chora District is a district of Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan.[1] The district center is the town of Chora, with a population of about 3,000. It is a rural town with no industry beyond livestock, agriculture, and small merchants.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to officially open the Tarinkot to Chora Road Oct. 4, 2011. The Dutch State Secretary, Ben Knapen, along with the Uruzgan provincial governor, Mohammed Sherzad, held the ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of construction of the road that will better connect the Chora district to the provincial capital city by cutting travel time between the two by more than half.
District profile:[2]