Khwahan District

Khwahan District  (خواهان ولسوالی) is one of the 28 districts of Badakhshan province, located in northeastern Afghanistan. The district capital is Khwahan. The district borders Raghistan to the southwest, Kuf Ab in the northeast, the Panj River in the northwest, and Shuro-obod district, Khatlon province of Tajikistan. Kuh-e kallat

History
After Alexander the Great overthrew the Persians, the area came under the rule of the Greco-Bactrian king Euthydemus I and his son Demetrius I

Demography
The population of the district is approximately 27,000. The inhabitants of this area are ethnic Tajiks who speak Dari Persian and are Sunni Muslim.

Subdivisions
List of villages and places, of Khwahan District in alphabetical order • Ambaran

• Bagh-e Sangak

• Bid Khvah(1)

• Bed-e Khvah(2)

• Bariki

• Bostanak

• Chashma-i Tut

• Chosnukel

• Chetgah

• Darbandak

• Do Dargeh

• Drel

• Dowlatabad

• Ghalil

• Ghuzan

• Guzun

• Howz-e Shah-e Bala

• Howz-e Shah-e Pa'in

• Jerwu Bala

• Jerwu Pa'in

• Joy-i Saluk

• Kaji

• Kamar

• Kham-e Bahar

• Kham-e Tugh

• Khengan

• Kheyrabad

• Kowl Darrah

• Lal Margh

• Lughman

• Mushuk March

• Namaz-e Pas

• Now Abad

• Pari Kham

• Pashahr Abad

• Ruyanzar

• Safedab

• Safed Sangan

• Sang Ab

• Sar-e Biland

• Sayed Abad

• Sel Don

• Shahr-i Now

• Shalil

• Shing Darrah

• Tejkel

• Zardu

• Zarich

Economy
The inhabitants of this area engage in agriculture. They grow Buckwheat, red and white barley, sesame, zucchini, corn, mung beans, peas, beans, potatoes.