Urgun District

Urgun District
Districts of Paktika.

Urgun (Pashto: اورګون) is a district of the remote Paktika Province in Afghanistan.

Administrative seat

The administrative seat of this district is the like-named town/village of Urgun, also known as Urgun-e Kalan, meaning "Greater Urgun".

History

Urgun town used to be the provincial capital until it was replaced by Sharan in the 1970's due to its proximity to the main highway, connecting it to Kabul, Ghazni and Kandahar.

The Siege of Urgun took place between 1983 and 1984.

Demographics

The largest tribe in Urgun are the Kharoti, a sub-tribe of the Ghilzai Pashtuns. Other tribes include the Suleimankhel, Wazir and Zadran. There are also Tajiks and Uzbeks in smaller numbers.


Like many place names in Afghanistan, Urgun can be spelled a number of different ways. "Orgon" and "Urgon", however, remain the most popular alternative spellings on maps and official documents.

Urgun is 7,492 ft above sea level.

The fire base FOB Orgun-e was once home to a battalion of Infantry soldiers, who suffered casualties between 2007-2008.



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