Panjab District Explained

Settlement Type:District
Official Name:Panjab
Native Name:پنجاب
Native Name Lang:prs
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Capital
Subdivision Name: Afghanistan
Subdivision Name1:Bamyan
Subdivision Name2:Panjab
Leader Title:Governor
Leader Name:Rustam Ali
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:98,200
Population Footnotes:[1]
Timezone:GMT+04:30 Kabul
Coordinates:34.3833°N 67.0167°W
Pushpin Map:Afghanistan
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Label Position:top
Elevation M:2700

Panjab (پنجاب) is district in the central part of Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan. The capital is the town of Panjab. Panjab contains 5 valleys (Darai Sia, Darai Nargis, Darai Mahretuspus, Darai Ghurguri and Darai Taquab-Barg), the water running through the 5 valleys meet in the centre of the district.[2] Its population is entirely Hazara people.

At 2,700 metres above sea level it has the highest altitude in the province, the city of Panjab is located 298 km from the capital Kabul - however travel is difficult especially in winter - the journey takes 14 hours.[2] Two rival parties, Pazdar and Hezb-e-Wahdat, dominate the district and have divided the district between them - there has been fighting between them[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bamyan Provincial Profile. Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. 24 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150925120405/http://www.mrrd-nabdp.org/attachments/article/267/Bamyan%20Provincial%20profile.pdf. 2015-09-25. dead.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20051027171929/http://www.aims.org.af/afg/dist_profiles/unhcr_district_profiles/centra/bamyan/panjab.pdf UNHCR Sub-Office Central Region - District Profile Punjab