:Gayan District

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Gayan District ({{langx|ps|ګيان ولسوالۍ}}, {{langx|prs|ولسوالی گیان}}) is a district of Paktika Province, Afghanistan. The estimated population in 2019 was 46,977 people.{{cite web|url=https://www.nsia.gov.af:8080/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A2%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D9%86%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3-%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-98.pdf|publisher=Central Statistics Organization|access-date=5 April 2020|date=18 November 2019|title=Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2019-20|page=22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609174551/https://www.nsia.gov.af:8080/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A2%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D9%86%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3-%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-98.pdf|archive-date=9 June 2020|url-status=dead }} The district is within the heartland of the Zadran tribe of Pashtuns.[https://www.nps.edu/documents/105988371/107571254/East_tribal_map07.pdf/e48b5c16-800d-42bb-9e24-3d84ac394666 Paktika Province Tribal Map (Page 11)]. Naval Postgraduate School.

History

Gayan was one of the districts most affected by the magnitude 6.0 earthquake on 22 June 2022. Approximately 1,800 homes, or 70 percent of the district's homes, were destroyed, and 238 people were killed, with 393 others injured.{{Cite web|title=Afghanistan: Earthquake - Jun 2022|url=https://reliefweb.int/disaster/eq-2022-000232-afg|website=reliefweb.int}}{{cite news |last1=Marsi |first1=Federica |title=Afghanistan earthquake live news: Hundreds killed in major tremor |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/22/afghanistan-live-news-earthquake-kills-at-least-920-people |access-date=22 June 2022 |work=Al Jazeera |date=22 June 2022 |archive-date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622105206/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/22/afghanistan-live-news-earthquake-kills-at-least-920-people |url-status=live}} Many houses constructed primarily of mud and wood were razed to the ground.{{cite news |last1=Padshah |first1=Safiullah |last2=Ives |first2=Mike |title=Afghanistan Live Updates: At Least 1,000 Killed in Earthquake, Official Media Says: The quake struck 28 miles southwest of the provincial capital of Khost. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/06/22/world/afghanistan-earthquake/afghanistan-earthquake-khost?smid=url-share |access-date=22 June 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=22 June 2022 |archive-date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622130109/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/06/22/world/afghanistan-earthquake/afghanistan-earthquake-khost?smid=url-share |url-status=live }} Heavy rain and the earthquake contributed to landslides that destroyed entire hamlets.{{cite news |title=Thousands of Afghanistan earthquake survivors remain without food and shelter despite aid coming in |url=https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/afghan-quake-survivors-without-food-despite-aid-coming |access-date=25 June 2022 |work=The New Arab |date=25 June 2022 |archive-date=25 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625014052/https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/afghan-quake-survivors-without-food-despite-aid-coming |url-status=live }}

The local clinic in Gayan, which had the capacity of only five patients, was also heavily damaged. Of the 500 or so patients admitted to the building due to the earthquake, about 200 of them died.{{cite news |last1=Hamedani |first1=Ali |title=Afghanistan quake: Gyan clinic with five beds for 500 injured patients |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61912715 |access-date=23 June 2022 |work=BBC |date=23 June 2022 |archive-date=23 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623133323/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61912715 |url-status=live }} Three days later, an aftershock killed five persons and wounded 11 more in the district.{{cite news |title=Afghanistan hit with aftershock, adding to significant earthquake death toll |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/afghanistan-earthquake-aftershock-1.6500024 |access-date=24 June 2022 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=CBC News |date=24 June 2022 |archive-date=24 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624143938/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/afghanistan-earthquake-aftershock-1.6500024 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Afghanistan Earthquake News Live Updates: A second earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan, five people killed |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/world/afghanistan-earthquake-live-updates-kabul-paktika-province-deaths-7983657/ |access-date=24 June 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=24 June 2022 |archive-date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622100029/https://indianexpress.com/article/world/afghanistan-earthquake-live-updates-kabul-paktika-province-deaths-7983657/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Afghanistan: Aftershock claims five more lives in already-hit Gayan District, injures 11 |url=https://www.firstpost.com/world/afghanistan-aftershock-claims-five-more-lives-in-already-hit-gayan-district-injures-11-10833771.html |access-date=24 June 2022 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=Firstpost |date=24 June 2022 |archive-date=24 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624143944/https://www.firstpost.com/world/afghanistan-aftershock-claims-five-more-lives-in-already-hit-gayan-district-injures-11-10833771.html |url-status=live}}

=Construction of new earthquake-resistant houses=

In August 2022, new "earthquake-resistant houses" began to be constructed in the district for victims of the earthquake.{{cite news |title=2,300 ‘Earthquake-Resilient’ Houses to Be Built in Quake-Hit Regions of Afghanistan: UNHCR |url=https://www.khaama.com/2300-earthquake-resilient-houses-to-be-built-in-quake-hit-regions-of-afghanistan-unhcr-57689/ |access-date=23 August 2022 |work=The Khaama Press |date=23 August 2022 }} The project involves the establishment of 2,000 homes in both Gayan and Barmal districts of Paktika Province, including 300 houses in Spera District of neighboring Khost Province.

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{{YouTube|jl86git8wRI|Gayan residents in Paktika province in southeast Afghanistan struggle from lack of aid}}

Category:Districts of Paktika Province