Sarobi

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Sarobi district
Districts of Kabul province;  Sarobi in light green
Districts of Kabul province; Sarobi in light green
Basic data
Country Afghanistan
province Kabul
Seat Sarobi
Residents 72,000 (2002)
ISO 3166-2 AF-KAB

Coordinates: 34 ° 32 '  N , 69 ° 48'  E

Location of the Sarobi district in the province of Kabul

Sarobi (also Surobi , Sorūbī , Surawbi or Surobei ) is the easternmost district of the Kabul Province in Afghanistan .

The administrative center of the district is the city of the same name Sarobi also called Sarobi center . The district is divided into 20 zones (as of 2002) and has 130 settlements with around 72,000 inhabitants, of which 31,000 have been refugees in Pakistan since 1990 . 90% of the population are Pashtuns , the majority of the rest of the population are Pashais . The district has three hydropower plants, Band-e-Naghlo , Band-e-Mahipar (out of operation due to lack of water) and Band-e-Barqi-Sarobi , making it the main supplier of electricity to the capital of Kabul, Afghanistan .

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