Gulran District
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Gulran District is situated in northwestern part of Herat province
, Afghanistan
and borders Iran
to the west, Turkmenistan
to the north, Kushk District
to the east, and Zinda Jan District and Kohsan District
to the south. The population is 106,983 (2005). The district center is the village of Gulran
. There are no mountains in the district.
Herat Province
Herat is one the 34 provinces of Afghanistan; together with Badghis, Farah, and Ghor provinces, it makes up the South-western region of the country...
, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
and borders Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
to the west, Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...
to the north, Kushk District
Kushk District
Kushk District is situated in the northern part of Herat Province, Afghanistan and may also may be referred to as Rubat-i-Sangin or Rabat-e-Sangi. It borders Turkmenistan to the north, Gulran District to the west, Zinda Jan District, Injil District and Karukh District to the south and Kushki Kuhna...
to the east, and Zinda Jan District and Kohsan District
Kohsan District
Kohsan is a district of Herat province in northwestern Afghanistan. It borders the nation of Iran to the west, Gulran District to the north, and Ghurian District to the south and east. The population of Kosan District is 30,100 , which includes the following ethnic groups: 59.4% Pashtun, 35.3%...
to the south. The population is 106,983 (2005). The district center is the village of Gulran
Gulran
Gulran is a village and the center of the Gulran District in Herat Province, Afghanistan. It is located in its central part on at 766 m altitude....
. There are no mountains in the district.