Barg-i Matal District

Bargi Matal
District
Bargi Matal

Location within Afghanistan

Coordinates: 35°46′30″N 71°15′10″E / 35.77500°N 71.25278°E / 35.77500; 71.25278
Country  Afghanistan
Province Nuristan Province
Population (2010)
  Total 15,000[1]
Afghan soldiers fighting in Bargi Matal in 2009

Bargi Matal District (Barge Matal District, Bragamatal District, Pashto: برګ مټال ولسوالۍ, Persian: ولسوالی برگ متال) is a district of Nuristan Province, Afghanistan.[2] It was originally in Konarha Province (Konar Province)[3] and then was moved to the newly created Nuristan Province in 2001.

Boundaries

Bargi Matal District is bounded by:[2]

Notes

  1. "Nuristan Provincial Profile" (PDF). Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Afghanistan Administrative Divisions" map, March 2007, Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS)
  3. "Afghanistan" political map, 1986, United States Central Intelligence Agency

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