Shinkay District Explained

Official Name:	Shinkay
Native Name:	شینکی
Native Name Lang:	fa
Settlement Type:	District
Pushpin Map:	Afghanistan
Pushpin Label Position:	left
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Afghanistan
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Zabul

Shinkay District is a district of Zabul province in southern Afghanistan.^[1]

Demographics

Shinkay has a population of about 22,900 as of 2013. It contains the town of Ẕāmi Kalay.^[2] The district is mostly populated by the Tokhi tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns.^[3]

See also

• Districts of Afghanistan
• Wallace Fard Muhammad, the enigmatic founder of the Nation of Islam; one of the multiple possible people associated with him claimed on a World War I draft card to be a native of "Shinka" in Afghanistan

Notes and References

1. Web site: Settled Population of Zabul province by Civil Division, Urban, Rural and Sex-2012-13 . 2014-11-04 . Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Central Statistics Organization.
2. Web site: GPS coordinates of Ẕāmi Kalay, Afghanistan. Latitude: 31.7667 Longitude: 67.3333 .
3. https://nps.edu/documents/105988371/107571254/ZabulTribalMap07.pdf/43065930-61e1-4a1b-96a4-5087d005596d Zabul Province Tribal Map