Khanashin District

Khanashin
ریگ خان شین
District
Flag raising over Khan Neshin castle, Rig District, after Operation Khanjar.
Flag raising over Khan Neshin castle, Rig District, after Operation Khanjar.
Khanashin is located in Afghanistan
Khanashin
Khanashin
Location within Afghanistan[1]
Coordinates: 30°50′N 63°29′E / 30.83°N 63.48°E / 30.83; 63.48
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceHelmand Province
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Total25,600

Reg (Khanashin) District is situated in the southeastern part of Helmand Province, Afghanistan along the Helmand River on its western bank. The population is 25,600[2] (80% Pashtun and 20% Balouch).[3] The main village is Khanashin.

The district is almost a desert and all the villages are along the Helmand River. The drought has extremely affected this district and its agriculture is ruined. The unemployment rate is 80%.

  1. ^ "District Names". National Democratic Institute. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Settled Population of Helmand Province" (PDF). Central Statistics Organization. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  3. ^ "District Profile" (PDF). UNHCR. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2005. Retrieved 10 December 2015.