Baharak District, Badakhshan

Baharak
بهارک
District
Location of Baharak
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceBadakhshan
CapitalBaharak
Government
 • TypeDistrict council

Baharak district is a district of Badakhshan province, Afghanistan, located about 30 km southeast of the provincial capital Fayzabad. The capital is the city of Baharak. The district is also called Baharistan.

Sir Aurel Stein says that Bahārak was the capital of Badakhshan before the present capital of Fayzabad.[1]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Innermost Asia: Detailed report of explorations in Central Asia, Kan-su and Eastern Iran, 5 vols. M. Aurel Stein. 1928. Oxford. Clarendon Press. Reprint: New Delhi. Cosmo Publications. 1981, Vol. II, p. 877.
  • Map at the Afghanistan Information Management Services

37°00′10″N 70°54′27″E / 37.00278°N 70.90750°E / 37.00278; 70.90750

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