Official Name: | Eskan |
Native Name: | Eskān |
Pushpin Map: | Afghanistan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Afghanistan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Jurm |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | + 4.30 |
Coordinates: | 36.6389°N 70.8547°W |
Eskan is a village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.[1] It is located in the valley of the Munjan, about 18 miles upstream of Jurm. Around the turn of the 20th century it had been a village of roughly 40 houses.[2]