Khost (province)
Chost | |
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Basic data | |
Country | Afghanistan |
Capital | Chost |
surface | 4152 km² |
Residents | 546,000 (2007/2008) |
density | 132 inhabitants per km² |
ISO 3166-2 | AF-KHO |
Districts in the province of Khost (as of 2005) |
Coordinates: 33 ° 18 ' N , 70 ° 0' E
Chost ( Dari and Pashtun خوست) is a province in Afghanistan with the provincial capital Khost .
The province belongs to the settlement area of the Pashtuns , which is divided by the Durand Line , and borders to the east with Wasiristan , a Pakistani tribal area under federal administration .
raw materials
Around 1997, deposits of chromite were found in the province of Khost . Since then there have been several battles over the mining area, which is why the deposit could not be exploited.
Administrative division
The province is divided into the following districts:
- Alisher (Ali Sher), 35 km east of Khost on the Durand Line
- Bak , 30 km northeast of Khost, where there is also a dam for electricity supply
- Gurbuz , 20 km southeast of Khost on the border with Pakistan
- Domanda, in whose district the Khost- Gardez runs
- Jaji Maydan (Jaji Maydan, Zazi Maidan), 45 km northeast of Khost
- Khost (Matun)
- Ismail Khel (Mandozi, Mando Zayi), is in Khost
- Musa Khel (Muskhel), 37 km northeast of Khost
- Nadir Shah Kot (Nader Shahkot), east of the Khost-Gardez road, where there are plans to build an airfield
- Qalandar , 40 km east of Khost
- Sabari , 25 km north of Khost
- Shamal
- Spera (Spira), 55 km southwest of Khost and borders Pakistan
- Tanai , 18 km south of Khost and borders Pakistan
- Tere Zayi
literature
- Hermann-Josef Wald: Land use and settlement of the Pashtuns in the Khost basin (eastern Afghanistan). (Writings of the German Orient Institute. Materials and documents) W. Leske, Opladen 1969
Web links
Commons : Chost - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zarwali Khoshnood: Afghan mineral wealth: A trillion dollars that fuel hatred. In: welt.de . April 23, 2012, accessed October 7, 2018 .