Back مقاطعة شاريكار Arabic চাহারিকার জেলা Bengali/Bangla Chārīkār (distrito sa Nasod nga Afghano) CEB ولسوالی چاریکار FA Distretto di Charikar Italian Daerah Chaharikar Malay چاريکار ولسوالۍ PS Charikar (distrikt) Swedish Çarikar ilçesi Turkish Chaharikar tumani UZ
Charikar
چاریکار | |
|---|---|
 Beside the Golbahar River | |
  Charikar Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 34°56′52″N 69°18′42″E / 34.9477°N 69.3116°E | |
| Country | Afghanistan |
| Province | Parwan |
| Capital | Charikar |
| Time zone | UTC+04:30 (Afghanistan Time) |
Charikar (چارکار) is one of the districts of Parwan province in Afghanistan. It has an estimated population of around 198,306 residents (2019).[1] They belong to various ethnic groups and use Dari as lingua franca.[2] The district's capital is Charikar.
- ^ "Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2019-20" (PDF). Central Statistics Organization. 18 November 2019. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "Parwan Province". Program for Culture & Conflict Studies. Naval Postgraduate School. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
The population of approximately 560,000 is composed of Pashtun, Tajik, Uzbek, Qizilbash, Kuchi, Hazara, Turkmen and other minority groups.