Qadis District

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| image_caption = Qadis district's capital

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| map_caption = Qadis District within Badghis Province

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The Qadis District is located in the southern part of Badghis province, Afghanistan, between the districts Jawand in the east, Qala i Naw in the west, Muqur and Bala Murghab in the north. In the south is the Herat province. The capital is Qadis.{{Cite web|title=Qadis District, Badghis, Afghanistan|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-312481.html|access-date=2020-09-29|website=www.mindat.org}}

The Firozkhoi tribe of the Aimaq people once occupied the area.{{cite book|author=Jonathan L. Lee|title=The "ancient supremacy": Bukhara, Afghanistan, and the battle for Balkh, 1731-1901|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nYaamE_3kD4C&pg=PA151|access-date=31 March 2011|year=1996|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-10399-3|pages=151–}}

Qadis was also the epicentre of the 2022 Afghanistan earthquake, which killed 28 people.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/17/earthquake-hits-western-afghanistan-killing-more-than-20|title = At least 26 killed as earthquake hits western Afghanistan}}

References

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{{Badghis Province}}

{{Districts of Badghis}}

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Category:Districts of Badghis Province

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