Eskan Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NGA GeoName Database . . 2008-05-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080522153801/http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp . 2008-05-22 . dead .
  2. Book: Adamec, Ludwig W.. Historical and Political Gazetteer of Afghanistan . 1 . 1972 . Akadamische Druck-u. Verlangsanstalt . . 86.