Tishkan District is one of the 29 districts of Badakhshan Province in eastern Afghanistan. It was created in 2005 from part of Fayzabad District and is home to approximately 39,000 residents.
Badakhshan Province
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Capital: Fayzabad
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Districts |
- Arghanj Khwa
- Argo
- Baharak
- Darayim
- Darwaz
- Darwazi Bala
- Fayzabad
- Ishkashim
- Jurm
- Khash
- Khwahan
- Kishim
- Kohistan
- Kuf Ab
- Kuran wa Munjan
- Ragh
- Shahri Buzurg
- Shighnan
- Shekay
- Shuhada
- Tagab
- Tishkan
- Wakhan
- Wurduj
- Yaftali Sufla
- Yamgan
- Yawan
- Zebak
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Populated
places |
- Ab Bazan
- Ab Daw
- Ab Gaj
- Ak Tapa
- Alim Dara
- Altan Jalab
- Amrud
- Amurn
- Andowj
- Angat
- Anjir
- Anjuman
- Anjuman-i-Khurd
- Ao Barik
- Arakht
- Arghandakan
- Artin Jelow
- Arun
- Ashkasham
- Ashnam
- Ba Khersak
- Baharak
- Baharestan
- Bakharow
- Baryavan
- Basenj
- Bashanabad
- Bay Malasi
- Baza'i Gonbad
- Bazgir
- Bid-e Kalan
- Chakaran
- Chasnud-e Sofla
- Chasnud-e `Olya
- Darayem
- Darmadar
- Darmarakh
- Darreh Javay
- Darreh-ye Pishkan
- Deh Gholaman
- Dogor Gunt
- Dudgah
- Dugh Ghalat
- Duraj
- Durman
- Eshmorgh
- Eskan
- Eskatul
- Shirin Nazem
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Buildings and
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- Fayzabad Airport
- Khwahan Airport
- Sheghnan Airport
- Tajik–Afghan bridge at Tem-Demogan
- Tajik–Afghan Friendship Bridge
- Karaste Canal
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Other |
- Governors
- Mirs
- Kokcha River
- Wakhan River
- Panj River
- Anjuman Pass
- Wakhan
- Wakhan Corridor
- Concord Peak
- Zorkul
- Wakhjir Pass
- 2010 massacre
- 2012 avalanches
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