Bagram District

Bagram
بگرام
District
Bagram
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 34°58′00″N 69°17′34″E / 34.96667°N 69.29278°E / 34.96667; 69.29278Coordinates: 34°58′00″N 69°17′34″E / 34.96667°N 69.29278°E / 34.96667; 69.29278
Country  Afghanistan
Province Parwan Province
Capital Bagram
Population
 • Religions Islam
Time zone +04:30

Bagram District (Dari: ولسوالی بگرام‎) is a district of Parwan Province, Afghanistan. Its seat lies at Bagram, which lies about 60 kilometers north of the capital of Kabul. It borders Kabul District to the south, Shinwari District to the east, and Chaharikar District to the north.[1]

History

Historically this district was known for its rhinoceros hunting.[2]Haji Abdul Qader also commanded some 200 Mujahideen in Bagram District during the war against the Soviet Union, with a permanent base located at Deh Babi near Abdullah-e Burj.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bagram District" (PDF). AIMS. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Raverty, Henry George (1880). Notes on Afghánistan and part of Balúchistán: geographical, ethnographical, and historical, extracted from the writings of little known Afghán and Tájzik historians, geographers, and genealogists, the histories of the Ghúris, the Turk sovereigns of the Dihli kingdom, the Mughal sovereigns of the house of Timúr, and other Muhammadan chronicles, and from personal observations. Eyre & Spottiswoode. p. 36. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  3. ↑ Jalali, Ali Ahmad; Grau, Lester W. (25 January 2002). Afghan guerrilla warfare: in the words of the Mujahideen fighters. Zenith Imprint. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-7603-1322-0. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
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