4-464: Dishu is a district in the south of Helmand Province , Afghanistan , bordering Pakistan . Its population, which is 80% Pashtun and 20% Baloch , was estimated at 19,900 in 2012. The district centre is the village of Dishu ; most of the settlements in the district are along the Helmand River . The other important town is Bahramcha . This Helmand Province , Afghanistan location article
8-502: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Districts of Afghanistan The districts of Afghanistan , known as wuleswali ( Pashto : ولسوالۍ , wuləswāləi ; Persian : ولسوالی , wuləswālī ), are secondary-level administrative units, one level below provinces . The Afghan government issued its first district map in 1973. It recognized 325 districts, counting wuleswalis (districts), alaqadaries (sub-districts), and markaz-e-wulaiyat (provincial center districts). In
12-688: The creation of new districts. The latest announced set includes 421 districts. The country's Central Statistics Office (CSO) and the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) came up with a joint, consolidated list of Afghan districts. It has handed this list over to the Independent Election Commission (IEC), which has used it in preparing the elections. The set contains 387 "districts" and 34 "provincial center districts" for 412 districts in total. This article does not correspond with any particular district set; it lacks
16-470: The ensuing years, additional districts have been added through splits, and some eliminated through merges. In June 2005, the Afghan government issued a map of 398 districts. It was widely adopted by many information management systems, though usually with the addition of Sharak-e-Hayratan for 399 districts in total. It remains the de facto standard as of late 2018, despite a string of government announcements of
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