Pashtun Zarghun District

Pashtun Zarghun District
پښتون زرغون ولسوالی
ولسوالی پشتون ‌زرغون
Pashtun Zarghun District is located in Afghanistan
Pashtun Zarghun District
Pashtun Zarghun District
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 34°17′0″N 62°37′0″E / 34.28333°N 62.61667°E / 34.28333; 62.61667
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceHerat
Population
 (2008)
 • Total90,817
 [1]
Time zoneUTC+4:30

Pashtun Zarghun District (Pashto: پښتون زرغون ولسوالی / Persian: ولسوالی پشتون‌ زرغون), formerly known as Posht-e Zirghān[2] or Posht-e Zirghūn (Persian: پشت زرغون), is situated in the central part of Herat Province, Afghanistan in the valley of the Hari River. The district center is Pashtun Zarghun.

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2009-08-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Margaret Ann Mills, Rhetorics and Politics in Afghan Traditional Storytelling , University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991, ISBN 978-0-8122-8199-6