:Khamyab District

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| native_name = خمیاب

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| subdivision_name1 = Jowzjan

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| population_total = 12,400

| population_as_of = 2006

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Khamyab District ({{langx|fa|خمیاب}}) is a frontier district in the province of Jowzjan in Afghanistan. It shares borders with Turkmenistan to the north and west, Khwaja Du Koh district to the south and the Mingajik and Qarqin districts to the east. As of 2006, the population is 12,400. The district center is the village of Khamyab (Kham-e Ab). The Amu Darya river flows in the northern end of the district and forms part of the international border. Within the district is the westernmost point of the river on Afghan territory, and the area here is also the lowest point in the country (about 255 m above sea level). The riverbank in Khamyab and further downstream in Qarqin has suffered from erosion on the Afghan side for decades, with the emergence of islands and a moving borderline.{{Cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/turkmenistan-afghanistan-border/25321275.html|title=Good News from Qarqeen|newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=5 April 2014 }}https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/MHB%20June%202012.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} The floods have damaged agricultural lands of locals.{{Cite web |url=https://fscluster.org/sites/default/files/documents/afghanistan_regional_fsac_cluster_update_north_region_july_2015.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 January 2019 |archive-date=3 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103060545/https://fscluster.org/sites/default/files/documents/afghanistan_regional_fsac_cluster_update_north_region_july_2015.pdf |url-status=dead }}

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District Map

  • [http://www.haqiqat.se/images/stories/Afghanistan_Mapper/Jawzjan%20Map/khamyab.pdf Map of Settlements]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} AIMS, August 2002

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{{Districts of Jowzjan}}

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Category:Districts of Jowzjan Province

Category:Lowest points of countries

Category:Extreme points of Asia

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