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[[File:COP Shukvani overlooking Sangin, Afghanistan.JPG|thumb|The now closed [[Georgia]]n [[ISAF]] Combat Outpost Shukvani in [[Helmand province]], [[Afghanistan]], which sits on a plateau overlooking the city of Sangin.]]
[[File:View Of Sangin Valley In Helmand.jpg|rightas|3x|thumb|Sangin Valley]]

'''Sangin''' is a [[Districts of Afghanistan|district]] in the east of [[Helmand Province]], [[Afghanistan]]. Its population, which is 100% [[Pashtun people|Pashtun]], was 50,900 in 2005. The district centre is the town of [[Sangin]]. The area is irrigated by the [[Helmand and Arghandab Valley Authority]].<ref name=clapp>[http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA518306 (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</ref>
'''Sangin''' is a [[Districts of Afghanistan|district]] in the east of [[Helmand Province]], [[Afghanistan]]. Its population, which is 100% [[Pashtun people|Pashtun]], was 50,900 in 2005. The district centre is the town of [[Sangin]]. The area is irrigated by the [[Helmand and Arghandab Valley Authority]].<ref name=clapp>[http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA518306 (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</ref>

==See also==
*Districts of Afghanistan]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 22:52, 19 June 2013

The now closed Georgian ISAF Combat Outpost Shukvani in Helmand province, Afghanistan, which sits on a plateau overlooking the city of Sangin.

Sangin is a district in the east of Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Its population, which is 100% Pashtun, was 50,900 in 2005. The district centre is the town of Sangin. The area is irrigated by the Helmand and Arghandab Valley Authority.[1]

See also

  • Districts of Afghanistan]]

References

  1. ^ (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