- Baghlan
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footnotes =Baghlan (PerB|بغلان ; "Baġlān") is a city in northern
Afghanistan , in the eponymous province,Baghlan Province . It is located three miles east of theKunduz River , 35 miles south ofKhanabad , and about 1,700 metres abovesea level in the northernHindu Kush .History
Baghlan grew as an urban centre in the 1930s due, as a result of a new road from
Kabul across the Kunduz River.cite encyclopedia |author=D. Balland |coauthors=X. de Planhol |editor=Ehsan Yarshater |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Iranica |title= BAGÚLAÚN|url= http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/v3f4/v3f4a082.html|accessdate=2007-12-19 |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= Online Edition|date= |year= |month= |publisher=Columbia University |volume= |location=United States ]Economy
Baghlan is the center of
sugar beet production in the Afghanistan.Cotton production and cotton manufacturing are also important in the region.Demographics
The population was estimated at about 20,000 in 1960 and about 24,410 in 1963, an increase of 22.05% over three years. In 1965 the estimate was 92,432, an increase of 278.66% in two years.
Tajiks , most of them originally fromParwan ,Taloqan , andMazari Sharif , are the majority group in the city of Baghlan. A large number ofPashtuns have settled in Baghlan, originating mainly fromKandahar andNangarhar .cite encyclopedia |author=D. Balland |coauthors=X. de Planhol |editor=Ehsan Yarshater |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Iranica |title= BAGÚLAÚN|url= http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/v3f4/v3f4a082.html|accessdate=2007-12-19 |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |date= |year= |month= |publisher=Columbia University |volume= |location=United States ]2007 Bombing
On 6th November 2007, a
suicide bombing targeted a sugar factory in Baghlan during a visit by members of theNational Assembly of Afghanistan . Up to 100 people have been reported killed, including six legislators.ee also
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Bibi Ayesha , female commander from Baglan
*2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing References
External links
* [http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=1145630816&men=gpro&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-13&srt=npan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=&geo=454128870 World Gazetteer - City Information]
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