Washir District

Washir
واشیر
District
Washir is located in Afghanistan
Washir
Washir
Location within Afghanistan[1]
Coordinates: 32°06′N 63°57′E / 32.10°N 63.95°E / 32.10; 63.95
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceHelmand Province
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Total15,200
U.S. Camp Leatherneck, located inside the Washir district of Helmand Province.

Washir (also spelt Washer or Washar)[3] is a district in the west of Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Its population was reported in 2012 as 15,200,[2] from the Pashtun ethnic group believed to be of Noorzai tribe. The district centre is the village of Washir. The district of Washer borders Farah province to the north and is 80 kilometres south of Lashkar Gah.

Residents of Washer district lack basic amenities such as clean drinking water, health clinics, schools and other facilities.[4]

  1. ^ "District Names". National Democratic Institute. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Settled Population of Helmand Province" (PDF). Central Statistics Organization. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  3. ^ "District Profile" (PDF). UNHCR. Retrieved 4 August 2006.
  4. ^ Washer residents lack basic amenities of life | Pajhwok Afghan News