Jawand District

Jawand   جِوَند
Location of Jawand District in Badghis Province
District	Badghis
Government
• Type	District council
Area
• Total	7,146 km2 (2,759 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate  ([citation needed])	186,000

Jawand is the largest district of Badghis Province, Afghanistan, located in the southeast. Its population is estimated at 186,000, although a 1990 estimate by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) puts the population at 46,403. Its capital is Jawand The inhabitants of Jawand are Pashtuns.^[1]

Jawand has approximately 380 villages, with nearly all of them ravaged by poverty, hunger and disease. There are no paved roads, no doctors or medical clinics and no schools.