Mata Khan District

Mata Khan District (Pashto: متا خان ولسوالۍ‎, Persian: ولسوالی متاخان‎) is a district of Paktika Province, Afghanistan. The district is within the heartland of the Andar tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns.[1] The estimated population in 2019 was 26,720.[2]

Mata Khan District is located in the northern part of Paktika province, bordering Paktia's Zurmat District and Ghazni's Andar District.

References
  1. Paktika Province Tribal Map (Page 11). Naval Postgraduate School.
  2. "Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2019-20" (PDF). Central Statistics Organization. 18 November 2019. p. 22. Retrieved 11 April 2020.


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