Nijrab District

Nijrab District
District
Country	Afghanistan
Region	Kapisa Province

Capital	Nijrab

Population	99,600 (2006)

Nijrab District (in pink)

Nijrab District, also called Nijraaw, is situated in the central part of Kapisa Province, Afghanistan. It is located in a valley about 120 km north of Kabul. It borders Mahmud Raqi and Koh Band districts to the west, Parvan Province to the north, Laghman Province and Alasay District to the east and Tagab District to the south. The population is 99,600 (2006) consisting of Tajiks, Pashtuns and Pashai.^[1] The district center is Nijrab, located in the southern part of the district.

Geography

Nijrab District contains very rugged terrain and many areas are still inaccessible. The mountains that form the boundary with Laghman Province are the highest points in the district and reach a height of around 14,000 feet. Snowfall on the mountains melts slowly and flows into the valleys below. The farmers in Nijrab irrigate the melted snow to water their fields. The total population in Nijrab was a lot more than 100,000 back in 1950-1960s. Nijrab consists of 5 main valleys: Dara-e- Kalan, Dara-e- Ghaows, Daray-e- Pachaghan, Dara-e- Farokh Shah, And Kharij Dara. Sanjan Bolaghaeen, Gyiawa and Durnama belong to Woloswali-e- Kohband but few years back they were all part of Nijrab. the total population is Muslim and follow the Hanafi sect of Islam, 91.1% of the people living in Nijrab speak Persian, 2.9% pashto, 5% parachi, little people speaking pasha e they are Persians, pashton, pasha e and parachian and parachi is one language in kapesa province (or so called Tajik). The Tajik expression according to the history of Afghanistan, has no other meaning but Persian. It is just some political trick avoiding the Islamic republic of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan from becoming one country. Nijrab district contains a number of villages, mostly grouped into seven valleys: Darah Kharj, Darah Ghawes, Darah Pachagan (Afghania, Pachagan, and G'yan), Darah Puta, Darah Farakh Shah, Darah Kalan, and Giawa. Temperatures are relatively warm, leading to a large number of animals such as insects, scorpions, and snakes in the district.

Rivers from the nearby Hindu Kush mountains and springs provide the majority of drinking water for district residents; however, hundreds of hand pump wells have been installed by the National Solidarity Program (NSP). Kapisa and Parwan PRT funded several more wells in late 2008 for Afghania.

Economy

Local villagers receive humanitarian aid from the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team in the village of Nijrab in the Kapisa Province January 2008

The Nijrab district's economy is primarily agricultural, growing products such as wheat, corn, red beans, walnuts, almonds, and pine nuts.

Education

The district contains a number of primary and high schools. According to Nijrab's Director of Education Ghulam Mayudin, Nijrab has 44 schools. The Nijrab Department of Education is located in a rented office within the bazaar near the District Center. Nijrab suffers from a lack of qualified teachers, especially female teachers. Many schools in Nijrab have received new schools from several US and international organizations. The countries contributing the most to the funding of new schools in Nijrab are the US, Bangladesh (BRAC), and Japan.

Kapisa and Parwan PRT has recently (late 2008) approved funding for Kohi Girls School (Afghania), Shahed Nick mhomad (pachaghan), Mohammed Ayoob (Pachagan), khowaja roshnay walley (pachaghan), Engineer Habib Urahman (Kharj), Abdul Manan (Farakh Shah), and Abdul Salam (Pachagan). Qazi Abdul Jamil (Afghania) and Farakh Shah High School (Farakh Shah) were nearing completion as of December 2008.

All areas within Nijrab educate female students to include the Pashtun area of Afghania. There are several girls schools in Afghania. There was an incident in April 2008 in which the Taliban set fire to a girls school in the Afghania area. The villagers extinguished the fire and only one classroom was heavily damaged. Aside from that one act of arson, no attacks, threats, or acts of vandalism toward female schools had taken place during 2008. A large majority of villagers in Nijrab support the education of females and request new school buildings (half of the girls schools in Nijrab are without a building at all) with a perimeter wall for protection and privacy.

References

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External links

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AIMS District Map

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Badghis	Ab Kamari Ghormach Jawand Muqur Murghab Qadis Qala i Naw

Baghlan	Andarab Baghlan Baghlani Jadid Burka Dahana i Ghuri Dih Salah Dushi Farang Wa Gharu Guzargahi Nur Khinjan Khost Wa Fereng Khwaja Hijran Nahrin Puli Hisar Puli Khumri Tala Wa Barfak

Balkh	Balkh Charbolak Charkint Chimtal Dawlatabad Dihdadi Kaldar Kholm Kishindih Marmul Mazar-e Sharif Nahri Shahi Sholgara Shortepa Zari

Bamyan	Bamyan Kahmard Panjab Sayghan Shibar Waras Yakawlang

Daykundi	Gizab Ishtarlay Kajran Khadir Kiti Miramor Nili Sangtakht Shahristan

Farah	Anar Dara Bakwa Bala Buluk Farah Gulistan Khaki Safed Lash Wa Juwayn Pur Chaman Pusht Rod Qala i Kah Shib Koh

Faryab	Almar Andkhoy Bilchiragh Dawlat Abad Gurziwan Khani Chahar Bagh Khwaja Sabz Posh Kohistan Maymana Pashtun Kot Qaramqol Qaysar Qurghan Shirin Tagab

Ghazni	Ab Band Ajristan Andar Bahrami Shahid Dih Yak Gelan Ghazni Giro Jaghori Khogyani Khwaja Umari Malistan Muqur Nawa Nawur Qarabagh Jaghatu Rashidan Waghaz Zana Khan

Ghor	Chaghcharan Charsada Dawlat Yar Du Layna Lal Wa Sarjangal Pasaband Saghar Shahrak Taywara Tulak

Helmand	Baghran Dishu Garmsir Kajaki Khanashin Lashkar Gah Musa Qala Nad Ali Nahri Saraj Nawa-I-Barakzayi Nawzad Sangin Washir

Herat	Adraskan Chishti Sharif Farsi Ghoryan Gulran Guzara Herat Injil Karukh Kohsan Kushk Kushki Kuhna Obe Pashtun Zarghun Shindand Zinda Jan

Jowzjan	Aqcha Darzab Fayzabad Khamyab Khaniqa Khwaja Du Koh Mardyan Mingajik Qarqin Qush Tepa Shibirghan

Kabul	Bagrami Chahar Asyab Deh Sabz Farza Guldara Istalif Kabul Kalakan Khaki Jabbar Mir Bacha Kot Mussahi Paghman Qarabagh Shakardara Surobi

Kandahar	Arghandab Arghistan Daman Ghorak Kandahar Khakrez Maruf Maywand Miyanishin Nesh Panjwayi Reg Shah Wali Kot Shorabak Spin Boldak Zhari

Kapisa	Alasay Hesa Awal Kohistan Hesa Duwum Kohistan Koh Band Mahmud Raqi Nijrab Tagab

Khost	Bak Gurbuz Zazi Maidan Khost (Matun) Mandozayi Musakhel Nadir Shah Kot Qalandar Sabari Shamal Spera Tani Tirazayi

Kunar	Asadabad Bar Kunar Chapa Dara Chawkay Dangam Dara-I-Pech Ghaziabad Khas Kunar Marawara Narang Aw Badil Nari Nurgal Shaigal Aw Shiltan Sirkanay Wata Pur

Kunduz	Ali Abad Archi Chahar Dara Imam Sahib Khan Abad Kunduz Qalay-I-Zal

Laghman	Alingar Alishing Dawlat Shah Mihtarlam Qarghayi

Logar	Azra Baraki Barak Charkh Kharwar Khoshi Mohammad Agha Pul-i-Alam

Nangarhar	Achin Bati Kot Bihsud Chaparhar Dara-I-Nur Dih Bala Dur Baba Goshta Hisarak Jalalabad Kama Khogyani Kot Kuz Kunar Lal Pur Momand Dara Nazyan Pachir Aw Agam Rodat Sherzad Shinwar Surkh Rod

Nimruz	Chahar Burjak Chakhansur Kang Khash Rod Zaranj

Nuristan	Bargi Matal Du Ab Kamdesh Mandol Nurgaram Paroon Wama Waygal

Paktia	Ahmadabad Tsamkani Dand Aw Patan Gardez Zazi Janikhel Lazha Ahmadkhel Sayid Karam Shwak Wuza Zadran Zurmat

Paktika	Barmal Dila Gayan Gomal Janikhel Mata Khan Nika Omna Sar Hawza Surobi Sharana Terwa Urgun Waza Khwa Wor Mamay Yahyakhel Yusufkhel Zarghun Shar Ziruk

Panjshir	Anaba Bazarak Darah Khenj Paryan Rokha Shotul

Parwan	Bagram Chaharikar Ghorband Jabul Saraj Kohi Safi Salang Sayed Khel Shekh Ali Shinwari Surkhi Parsa

Samangan	Aybak Dara-I-Sufi Balla Dara-I-Sufi Payan Feroz Nakhchir Hazarati Sultan Khuram Wa Sarbagh Ruyi Du Ab

Sar-e Pol	Balkhab Gosfandi Kohistanat Sancharak Sari Pul Sayyad Sozma Qala

Takhar	Baharak Bangi Chah Ab Chal Darqad Dashti Qala Farkhar Hazar Sumuch Ishkamish Kalafgan Khwaja Baha Wuddin Khwaja Ghar Namak Ab Rustaq Taluqan Warsaj Yangi Qala

Urozgan	Chora Deh Rawud Khas Urozgan Shahidi Hassas Tarinkot

Wardak	Chaki Wardak Day Mirdad Hisa-I-Awali Bihsud Jalrez Markazi Bihsud Maidan Shar Nirkh Saydabad

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