Pur Chaman (also transliterated as Purchaman or Porchaman) is a mountainous district in Farah province, Afghanistan. Its population is approximately 95% Tajik with a Pashtun minority. The main village, also called Purchaman 33°8′29″N 63°51′41″E / 33.14139°N 63.86139°E is situated at 1431 m altitude.[citation needed]
Pur Chaman
پُرچمن | |
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  Pur Chaman Location within Afghanistan[1] | |
| Coordinates: 33°08′24″N 63°51′36″E / 33.14000°N 63.86000°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Farah |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
• Total | 115,000 |
Religious role
editPur Chaman was the center of operations for the Naqshbandi Sufi leader (pir) of the Aimaq ethnic group until the late 1970s, when the last pir, Baha'uddin Jan, was killed under the Taraki government.[3]
Sources
edit- UNHCR District Profile, compiled September–October 2004, accessed 2006-06-06 (PDF).
External links
edit- Map of Farah Province settlements (Pur Chaman District) IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix, March 2018
- http://www.afghanan.se/afghanan_2011/Afghanistan%20Mapper/Farah%20Map/pur_chaman.pdf Map of Settlements] AIMS, May 2002 [dead link]
- Map of Pur Chaman(PDF) Archived 17 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
References
edit- ^ "District Names". National Democratic Institute. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "Farah Provincial Profile" (PDF). Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Olivier Roy. Islam and resistance in Afghanistan. Cambridge University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-521-39700-6, ISBN 978-0-521-39700-1
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