Surobi District (Paktika)

Surobi, Sarobi or Sarubi District[1] (Pashto: سروبي ولسوالۍ‎, Persian: ولسوالی سروبی‎) is a district of Paktika Province, Afghanistan, with a population of 48,291 people.[2] It is situated northeast of Gomal, west of Barmal and south of Urgun and Sar Hawza. The Kharoti tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns have a strong presence here.[3]

References
  1. Saṟōbī (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. Paktika provincial profile. June 2004. National Area-Based Development Programme (NABDP) of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD).
  3. Paktika Personalities: An Examination of the Tribes and the Significant People of a Traditional Pashtun Province - Timothy S. Timmons and Rashid Hassanpoor (2007)

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