Jawand District
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Jawand District of Badghis
Administration		District council
-	Capital	Jawand
Population
-	Population	186,000 (1st of 7)

Jawand is the largest district of Badghis Province, Afghanistan, located in the southeast. Its population is estimated at 186,000, although a 1990 estimate by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) puts the population at 46,403. Its capital is Jawand.

Jawand has approximately 380 villages, with nearly all of them ravaged by poverty, hunger and disease. There are no paved roads, no doctors or medical clinics and no schools.

References

• http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4349166,00.html

External links

• Map of Jawand (PDF)

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