Chapa Dara
چپه دره | |
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District | |
 Chapa Dara district (in red) within the province of Kunar. | |
  Chapa Dara Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 34°58′58″N 70°45′58″E / 34.98278°N 70.76611°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Kunar |
| Capital | Chapa Dara |
| Government | |
| • district governor | Khalilullah Khalili[1] |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 27,500 |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
Chapa Dara District (Pashto: چپه دره ولسوالۍ) is situated in the western part of Kunar Province, Afghanistan and borders Nuristan Province.[2][3] The population is 27,500 (2006). The district consists of a mountainous terrain. The capital of the district is Chapa Dara.
The district borders Nuristan Province to the north and northwest, Laghman Province to the southwest, and the Pech and Nurgal districts of Kunar Province to the east and south respectively.
The population of the district is predominantly Pashtun and Pashai. In the Digal valley region, remnants of the Indo-Aryan Nangalami (Grangali) language is still spoken in two villages.
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