Khandud

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official_name = Khandud
other_name = Khandut
native_name = Khandūd
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subdivision_name1 = Badakhshan Province
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subdivision_name2 = Wakhan District
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latd= 36
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elevation_footnotes = cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= Adamec, Ludwig W.|others= |title=Historical and Political Gazeteer of Afghanistan |origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |volume=1 |date= |year=1972 |month= |publisher=Akadamische Druck-u. Verlangsanstalt |location= Graz, Austria |language= |isbn= |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages= 45|chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= ]
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Khandud is a village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan. [cite web| url=http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp |title=NGA GeoName Database |publisher=National Geospatial Intelligence Agency |accessdate=2008-05-27] It is in Wakhan District, near the left bank of the Ab-i-Panja.

It is the center of one of the four administrative districts of Wakhan District, which extends from Khandut to Digargand. and the site of an aksakal with authority over the Sad-i-Khandut. The Kafir fort of Zamr-i--Atish Parast lies closeby.

Around the turn of the 20th century, it housed around 200 people. There was extensive cultivation, including willow for the purposes of firewood, with excellent grazing. More recently, the town seems to have been renamed Khan Daulat, which is listed as being about 18 miles southwest of Kala Panja in Ishkashem.

References

External links

* [http://www.maplandia.com/afghanistan/badakhshan/khandud Satellite map at Maplandia.com]
* [http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/mapcenter/map.aspx Search for Khandud in the MSN Encarta atlas]