Shighnan
Sign in to saveShighnan, also Shignan, Shugnan, Shughnan, and Khughnan (, , Pashto: , Shughni: ), is an historic region whose name today may also refer to a town and a district in Badakhshan Province in the mountainous northeast of Afghanistan and also a district in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in Tajikistan. The administrative center of the Shighnan District of Afghanistan is called Qaleh Barpanjeh (قلعه برپنجه). The administrative center of the Shughnon District of Tajikistan is called Khorogh.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Shighnan
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Beautiful view of Panj river, of the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan the in Shughnon-shughnan region.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 310px
- Settlement.image_caption
- The Panj river at the border
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- Afghanistan#Tajikistan
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- bottom
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- Location in Afghanistan##Location near Tajikistan
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Badakhshan
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Districts
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Shighnan
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_total
- 24,000
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- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
- Settlement.timezone
- UTC+4:30
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- valley
- Country
- Khanate of Kokand
- Located in
- Shighnan
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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Shighnan, also Shignan, Shugnan, Shughnan, and Khughnan (, , Pashto: , Shughni: ), is an historic region whose name today may also refer to a town and a district in Badakhshan Province in the mountainous northeast of Afghanistan and also a district in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in Tajikistan. The administrative center of the Shighnan District of Afghanistan is called Qaleh Barpanjeh (قلعه برپنجه). The administrative center of the Shughnon District of Tajikistan is called Khorogh.
The Afghan Rushan (Rushan is also a separate district in Tajikistan) falls under the administrative rule of Shughnan district, and is referred to as Rushan sub-district (i.e. Rushan Alaqadari). There are about ten sizable and many more smaller villages in the Shughnan district of Afghanistan. These villages include, south to north, Darmarakht, Wiyod, Wiroodhj, Bashor, Vuzh-Pidrudh, Dhishahr, Shidwood, and Tsaghnod. Note; the village names are given as they appear in the local language. Population of the Afghan district totals approximately 24,000 residents. Some of the bigger villages in the Tajik side of Shughnan include, south to north, Darmarakht, Porshnev, Buni, Sokhcharv, and Rosht Qala.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shighnan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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