Khash District

{{For|the district in Nimruz Province|Khash Rod District}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name =Khash

|native_name =خاش

|settlement_type =District

|subdivision_type1 =Country

|subdivision_name1 =Afghanistan

|subdivision_type2 =Province

|subdivision_name2 =Badakhshan

|image_map =File:Khash New.png

|map_caption =Khash District was formed within Jurm District in 2005

|government_type =District council

|population_est =48,000

|pop_est_as_of ={{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}

}}

Khash District is one of the 28 districts of Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan. It was created in 2005 from part of Jurm district and is home to approximately 43,306 residents,{{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=8 April 2020|date=18 November 2019|title=Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2019-20|page=27|archive-date=9 June 2020|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|url-status=dead}} making it the third most populous district of the province.

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