Wikipedia:WikiProject Afghanistan/Guidelines/District

Resources from other wikiprojects, used in making this:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Pakistani districts#Structure
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian districts#Sections Read this one

This essay is intended to encourage a standard of quality on articles about Afghan districts, to be used in coordination with WikiProject Indian district's guideline on article structure, and to aid contributors looking to expand Afghan district articles. It is not to be interpreted as policy, guideline, or even WikiProject Advice.

Infobox

Infobox for cut-and-paste use:

Collapsed so it doesn't clutter the page

{{Infobox settlement |name = |native_name = |native_name_lang = <!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} instead --> |settlement_type = [[Districts of Afghanistan|District]] |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_alt = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_alt = |image_seal = |seal_alt = |image_shield = |shield_alt = |etymology = |nickname = |motto = |image_map = |map_alt = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = |pushpin_map_alt = |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_label_position = |coordinates = <!-- {{coord|latitude|longitude|type:city|display=inline,title}} --> |coor_pinpoint = |coordinates_footnotes = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Afghanistan}} |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Afghanistan|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = |founder = |seat_type = |seat = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |governing_body = |leader_party = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |unit_pref = Metric <!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion --> <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> |area_footnotes = |area_urban_footnotes = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> |area_rural_footnotes = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> |area_metro_footnotes = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> |area_magnitude = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> |area_note = |area_water_percent = |area_rank = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank2_title = <!-- square kilometers --> |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_urban_km2 = |area_rural_km2 = |area_metro_km2 = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank2_km2 = <!-- hectares --> |area_total_ha = |area_land_ha = |area_water_ha = |area_urban_ha = |area_rural_ha = |area_metro_ha = |area_blank1_ha = |area_blank2_ha = |length_km = |width_km = |dimensions_footnotes = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |population_footnotes = |population_as_of = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = auto |population_note = |population_demonym = |population_urban = |population_rural = |demographics_type1 = |demographics1_footnotes = |demographics1_title1 = |demographics1_title2 = |demographics1_title3 = |demographics1_title4 = |demographics1_info1 = |demographics1_info2 = |demographics1_info3 = |demographics1_info4 = |timezone = [[Afghanistan Standard Time]] |utc_offset = +4:30 |timezone1_DST = |utc_offset1_DST = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code_type = |area_code = |iso_code = |website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> |module = |footnotes = }}

Parameters that can be used

Parameters in bold are ones that should be used in almost all district infoboxes. Use {{Infobox settlement}} on the district pages, see documentation here.

Footnotes indicate where information about a subject can be found.

Name and Image

Afghanistan Badakhshan Maimay district location

• Name- Fill in with the article name
• native_name and native_name_lang- if they can be found. Use the IS0 639-2 language code, which can be found here: https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php
• settlement_type- Fill in with a wikilink saying District while linking to Districts of Afghanistan ([[Districts of Afghanistan|District]])
• image_skyline- Try to find a good image of something in the district (which may not be possible), while following the WP:IUP.
• image_caption- Captioning of the above image, if image_skyline is used.
• image_alt- Alternate image text, if image_skyline is used
• etymology- if available
• image_map- Create an SVG from data at https://data.humdata.org/dataset/afg-admin-boundaries, showing the district's location within a province (see image to the right). User:Danre98 is available if you don't want to make one yourself (see 2nd image to the right). NOTE: The link above does not work. Email Danre98 at danre98.wikimedia@gmail.com to obtain the shapefiles.

  

  Work of Danre98

• map_alt- Alt text of the map
• map_caption- a caption saying something like "Location of Foo in Bar Province" where Foo is the district name and Bar is the province name
• coordinates- Coordinates of the district
• coor_pinpoint- Name of the place with the coordinate. For example, "the district center" is one possible input.
• coordinates_footnotes- if footnotes are available

Government

• subdivision_title- put "Country"
• subdivision_name- put the template {{flag|Afghanistan}}
• subdivision_title1- put "Province" and wikilink to Provinces of Afghanistan ([[Provinces of Afghanistan|Province]])
• subdivision_name1- put the name of whatever province it is located in.
• established_title and established_date- depends on what information is available. If the profile or the DDP lists a date that it started functioning in, use that. Otherwise, if it is part of the 325/399 district sets, use "Mapped" and either 1973 or 2005 depending on the set. If it is not in the 399 set, then it is a "temporary district". Try to find when it was decreed, and use that.
• seat_type- put "District center"
• seat- put the name of the district center
• government_footnotes- a place for displaying footnotes of govt leaders
• leader_title and leader_name, thru leader_title2 and leader_name2- Most districts have a district governor, a police chief, and a Taliban shadow governor. Use these parameters to add them to the infobox.

Everything else

• area_total_km2- Check various sources () to find the area.
• area_footnotes- Reference where the area is from.
• elevation_m- use if the elevation can be found in a source
• elevation_footnotes- footnote for the above
• population_footnotes- Cite this web page by the NSIA, or another, more recent, web page on population
• population_as_of- if using the source listed above, put 2019. Otherwise, put when the source was published.
• population_total- put the total population as listed in the source referenced above or another source that was chosen
• population_density_km2- put "auto" and this will be computed from the area and the population
• population_urban- list the district's urban population as in the source
• population_rural- list the district's rural population as in the source
• demographics- use this section and its parameters for listing ethnicity in the district profile, if it exists.

Article Structure

Use Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian districts#Sections as a guide - this section only lists sources that can be used.

Note that Afghan district articles may not have as many sections as Indian district articles due to a lack of information.

Sources that could be used, organized by article section that they could be used in:

Geography

• Search here for a reference map of the province the district is in
• An atlas of Afghan rivers can be found here.
• UC Davis might have a province map showing district boundaries here.
• Shapefiles for SVG/PNG maps can be found here.

History

• Arcgis has a control timeline for each district in the war vs the Taliban
• Tolonews and Pajhwok are some of the best Afghan news sources, see our news section for other news websites.
• The U.N. project ReliefWeb might have information

Demographics

• UNFPA has done Socio-Demographic and Economic surveys for Bamiyan, Ghor, Daikundi, Kabul, Parwan, Kapisa, Samangan, Takhar, Balkh, Herat and Nimroz districts- their publications are here.
• UC Davis might have a Socio-Demographic and Economic survey here.
• Some demographic info may be found in the district profiles - check here if it has been archived (AIMS, where they originally were listed, has been shut down)

Economy

• Some economic info may be found in the district profiles - check here if it has been archived.
• Some economic info may be found in the district development plan - check here if it has been archived. (original website shut down)
• Some economic info may be found at the official provincial website, if there is one

Healthcare and Education

• Some info may be found in the district profiles - check here if it has been archived.
• Some info may be found in the district development plan - check here if it has been archived.
• The provincial reference map at humanitarianresponse.info shows hospital locations and school locations.