Jaghatu District, Ghazni

Jaghatu

جغتو
Jaghatu جغتو
District
	Jaghatu Location within Afghanistan
	Coordinates: 33°34′38″N 68°11′08″E / 33.57722°N 68.18556°E
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Ghazni
Population
• Estimate (2002)	132,265

Jaghatu (Dari: جغتو), is one of the largest and most populated districts of Ghazni province in Afghanistan, west of the city of Ghazni.^[1]

Etymology

The name Jaghatu is derived from the Turkic word Jagatai.^[2]

Demographics

The ethnic composition of the district includes 73% Hazara and 27% Pashtun.

History

On 18 May 2020, the Taliban killed two police officers and three civilians on a road in the Qyāq Valley of the district and set their bodies on fire.^[3]^[4]

Agriculture

The main crops are wheat, potatoes, clovers and alfalfa.^[1]
Sheep, goats, cows, donkeys and poultry.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "District Profile" (PDF). UNHCR. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
^ نژادنامه افغان، اثر: فیض‌محمد کاتب
^ "Taliban militants set the bodies of 5 people on fire after shooting them dead". 18 May 2020 – via www.khaama.com/.
^ "Taliban suicide bomber kills 9 troops in eastern Afghanistan". 18 May 2020. Archived from the original on 23 May 2020 – via www.washingtonpost.com/.

External links

Map of Settlements^{[permanent dead link‍]} AIMS, May 2002

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[:0-1] "District Profile" (PDF). UNHCR. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

[2] نژادنامه افغان، اثر: فیض‌محمد کاتب

[khaama2-3] "Taliban militants set the bodies of 5 people on fire after shooting them dead". 18 May 2020 – via www.khaama.com/.

[wp2-4] "Taliban suicide bomber kills 9 troops in eastern Afghanistan". 18 May 2020. Archived from the original on 23 May 2020 – via www.washingtonpost.com/.

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