Artin Jelow

Artin Jelow
Ārtīn Jelow
Artin Jelow

Location in Afghanistan

Coordinates: 37°4′40″N 70°10′1″E / 37.07778°N 70.16694°E / 37.07778; 70.16694Coordinates: 37°4′40″N 70°10′1″E / 37.07778°N 70.16694°E / 37.07778; 70.16694
Country  Afghanistan
Province Badakhshan Province
Time zone + 4.30

Artin Jelow (also Atin Jilao) is a village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.[1] It is roughly 16 miles southeast of Rustak. There is a bridge over the Kokcha River there. In the 1970s, the village population were primarily Tajiks.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "NGA GeoNames Database". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  2. ↑ Adamec, Ludwig W., ed. (1972). Historical and Political Gazeteer of Afghanistan 1. Graz, Austria: Akadamische Druck-u. Verlangsanstalt. p. 25.

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