Back সঞ্জিন জেলা Bengali/Bangla Sangīn (distrito) CEB Sangin distriktet Danish ولسوالی سنگین FA Distretto di Sangin Italian Daerah Sangin Malay Sangin (dystrykt) Polish ضلع سنگین PNB سنگين ولسوالۍ PS Sangin (distrikt) Swedish
Sangin
سنگین | |
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District | |
 The now closed Georgian ISAF Combat Outpost Shukvani in Helmand province, Afghanistan, which sits on a plateau overlooking the city of Sangin. | |
  Sangin | |
| Coordinates: 32°04′24″N 64°50′16″E / 32.0733°N 64.8378°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Helmand Province |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
• Total | 58,100 |
Sangin[2] is a district in the east of Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Its population was reported at 58,100[1] in 2012, all of which belong to Pashtun ethnic group. The district centre is the town of Sangin. The area is irrigated by the Helmand and Arghandab Valley Authority.[3]
- ^ a b "Settled Population of Helmand Province" (PDF). Central Statistics Organization. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ "District Profile" (PDF). UNHCR. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2005. Retrieved 4 August 2006.
- ^ (pdf) The Helmand Valley Project in Afghanistan: A.I.D. Evaluation Special Study No. 18 C Clapp-Wicek & E Baldwin, U.S. Agency for International Development, published December 1983