Ghorian
| Ghorian District | |
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 Districts of Herat Province; Ghorian is dark blue and is in the west |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Afghanistan |
| province | Herat |
| Seat | Ghorian |
| surface | 7385 km² |
| Residents | 85,900 (2012) |
| density | 12 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 | AF-HER |
Coordinates: 34 ° 21 ' N , 61 ° 30' E
Ghorian is a district in Herat Province in western Afghanistan .
The Ghorian district is located in the west of the province. It shares a border with Iran . The district covers an area of 7385 km². The population was estimated at 85,900 in 2012. The administrative seat is the place of the same name Ghorian .
economy
A lot of opium is grown in Ghorian . Saffron cultivation has been developing rapidly since 2004 . Since then, the cultivation area for the spice has doubled every year (currently at the beginning of 2011).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Friederike Böge: The most expensive spice in the world. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . January 28, 2011, accessed January 31, 2011 .