Gomal District

Gomal
ګومل
District
Gomal district (in dark blue) within the province of Paktika.
Gomal district (in dark blue) within the province of Paktika.
Gomal is located in Afghanistan
Gomal
Gomal
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 32°30′40″N 68°54′11″E / 32.51111°N 68.90306°E / 32.51111; 68.90306
Country Afghanistan
ProvincePaktika
CapitalShkin
Population
 (2019)
 • Total
45,873
Time zoneUTC+4:30

Gomal District (Pashto: ګومل ولسوالۍ, Persian: ولسوالی گومل) is a district of Paktika Province, Afghanistan. The estimated population in 2019 was 45,873.[1] The district is within the heartland of the Kharoti tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns.[2]

It is named after the Gomal River.

  1. ^ "Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2019-20" (PDF). Central Statistics Organization. 18 November 2019. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. ^ Paktika Province Tribal Map (Page 11). Naval Postgraduate School.