Jurm District

District in Afghanistan
Jurm
جرم
District
Location of Jurm
CountryAfghanistan
ProvinceBadakhshan
CapitalJorm
Government
 • TypeDistrict council
Population
 • Estimate 
(2019)
41,910

Jurm District (Persian: جرم) is one of the 28 districts of Badakhshan province in northeast Afghanistan. The district capital is a town named Jurm. The district is 3 hours from the center of the province in Fayzabad, and is home to approximately 41,910 residents.[1] The highest point of the Afghan Hindu Kush is located in Jurm District, at 6729 meters. The district consist of clusters and villages. Ferghamenj, Kyb, Kyteb, Ularyb, Ferghameru, Khustak, and Iskan are the clusters. Each cluster contain villages; the district is largely Tajik speaking.

References

  1. ^ "Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2019-20" (PDF). Central Statistics Organization. 18 November 2019. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

External links

  • Map[permanent dead link] at the Afghanistan Information Management Services
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36°44′11″N 70°53′57″E / 36.73639°N 70.89917°E / 36.73639; 70.89917

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