Chahar Bolak District

Chahar Bolak District

Chahar Bolak district (pop: 65,000) is located in the western part of Balkh Province. Its capital is the village of Chahar Bolak (also Char Bulak) 40 km northwest of Mazari Sharif.

The original name of this district is Adina-Masjid (آدینه‌مسجد in Persian). This Persian name was changed into Pashto during the Pashtunisation policy of Mohammad Gul Khan Momand.[1]

Sources

  1. ^ Ghulam Hazrat Kushan, Afghanistan dar masir-i sada-yi bistum, Afghan American Association, 1999. pp 184-7.


Coordinates: 36°46′23″N 66°52′25″E / 36.77306°N 66.87361°E / 36.77306; 66.87361


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