Jalalabad District

Jalalabad District

Jalalabad (Pashto: جلال آباد "Jallbd") is a district in the north of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. The district contains the provincial capital, Jalalabad. In 1990 (the last date for which accurate figures are available) the population of the district was 140,611.

As of 2002, the ethnic makeup of the district was approximately 85% Pashtun and 9% Tajik. There were also 135 Hindu and Sikh families.

In 2004, part of Jalalabad district was separated off to become the new Bihsud District.

References

* [http://www.aims.org.af/afg/dist_profiles/unhcr_district_profiles/eastern/nangarhar/jalalabad.pdf UNHCR District Profile] , dated 2002-04-08, accessed 2006-07-18 (PDF).

Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar province with a population of 60,000 in eastern Afghanistan, near the Khyber Pass. The city dominates the entrances to the Laghman and Kunar valleys and is a leading trading center with India and Pakistan. Oranges, rice, and sugarcane grow in the fertile surrounding area, and the city has cane-processing and sugar-refining as well as papermaking industries. Jalalabad is a military center and a winter resort. It summer like weather all year round attracts many visitors. Present-day Jalalabad was the major city of the ancient Greco-Buddhist center of Gandhara. Babur, founder of the Mughal empire of India, chose the site for the modern city, which was built c.1570 by his grandson, Akbar. During the First Afghan War, British troops held (1842) Jalalabad against an Afghan siege. The Pashtuns constitute most of the population. The city has a university and medical school. The city was well known was being a resorting place for the monarchs and the aristocrats of the Monarchy. Since the city was damaged badly during the Russian invasion and the civil war. The city is turning around to rebuilt itself and become the strategic city it was before.

http://www.afghan-network.net/Culture/jalalabad.html

External links

* [http://www.aims.org.af/maps/district/nangarhar/jalalabad.pdf Map of Jalalabad district] (PDF)


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