Baharak district is a district of Badakhshan province, Afghanistan located about 30 km southeast of Fayzabad. The capital is the city of Baharak. The district is also called Baharistan.
Baharak
بهارک | |
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| Country | Afghanistan |
| Province | Badakhshan |
| Capital | Baharak |
| Government | |
| • Type | District council |
Sir Aurel Stein says that Bahārak was the capital of Badakhshan before the present capital of Fayzabad.[1]
Footnotes
edit- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Map at the Afghanistan Information Management Services
37°00′10″N 70°54′27″E / 37.00278°N 70.90750°E
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