Khamyab District Explained

Official Name:Khamyab
Native Name:خمیاب
Native Name Lang:fa
Settlement Type:District
Coordinates:37.31°N 65.72°W
Pushpin Map:Afghanistan
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:280
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Afghanistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Jowzjan
Population Total:12,400
Population As Of:2006

Khamyab District (Persian: خمیاب) is a frontier district in the province of Jowzjan in Afghanistan. It shares borders with Turkmenistan to the north and west, Khwaja Du Koh district to the south and the Mingajik and Qarqin districts to the east. As of 2006, the population is 12,400. The district center is the village of Khamyab (Kham-e Ab). The Amu Darya river flows in the northern end of the district and forms part of the international border. Within the district is the westernmost point of the river on Afghan territory, and the area here is also the lowest point in the country (about 255 m above sea level). The riverbank in Khamyab and further downstream in Qarqin has suffered from erosion on the Afghan side for decades, with the emergence of islands and a moving borderline.[1] [2] The floods have damaged agricultural lands of locals.[3]

District Map

Notes and References

  1. News: Good News from Qarqeen. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty . 5 April 2014 .
  2. https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/MHB%20June%202012.pdf
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 3 January 2019 . 3 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190103060545/https://fscluster.org/sites/default/files/documents/afghanistan_regional_fsac_cluster_update_north_region_july_2015.pdf . dead .