Muqur District, Ghazni Explained

Official Name:Muqur
Native Name:مقر
Native Name Lang:pa
Settlement Type:District
Coordinates:32.8877°N 67.9016°W
Pushpin Map:Afghanistan
Pushpin Label Position:left
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Afghanistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ghazni Province
Population Total:70,900
Population As Of:2002

Muqur (also spelt Moqur) is a district in the southwest of Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Its population was estimated at 70,900 in 2002, of whom 19,538 were children under 12.[1]

On 8 May 2016, a vehicular accident on a stretch of the Kabul-Kandahar Highway occurred in the district, killing 73. Two buses travelling from Kabul to Kandahar collided with a fuel tanker. The stretch of highway in this district is reportedly dangerous due to Taliban presence, and the vehicles were speeding to avoid ambush.[2]

Divisions

The district is divided in four main areas:

Agriculture

Main crops include wheat, alfalfa, peas, beans and honey melons. Animal husbandry includes sheep, goats, domestic poultry and a limited number of donkeys and horses.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: District Profile. UNHCR. 30 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192045/http://www.aims.org.af/afg/dist_profiles/unhcr_district_profiles/centra/ghazni/moqur.pdf. 2016-03-03. dead.
  2. "Fuel-tanker crash kills over 70 in Afghanistan's Ghazni". Al-Jazeera May 8, 2016. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/05/afghanistan-road-crash-ghazni-160508115025713.html