Khinjan District is located in the southern part of Baghlan province in the Hindu Kush

Hindu Kush

The Hindu Kush is an mountain range that stretches between central Afghanistan and northern Pakistan. The highest point in the Hindu Kush is Tirich Mir in the Chitral region of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.It is the westernmost extension of the Pamir Mountains, the Karakoram Range, and is a...

 mountains. The capital is the town of Khenjan. The main Kabul

Kabul

Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...

-Kunduz

Kunduz

Kunduz also known as Kundûz, Qonduz, Qondûz, Konduz, Kondûz, Kondoz, or Qhunduz is a city in northern Afghanistan, the capital of Kunduz Province. It is linked by highways with Mazari Sharif to the west, Kabul to the south and Tajikistan's border to the north...

 highway passes through the district from south to west. Ethnic Tajiks

Tajiks

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 makes up around 85% of the total population while the Pashtuns, Hazaras and Uzebks, each at 5%, makes up the remaining 15% of the population.

External links

• Map
• District profile by the UNHCR
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  (9 April, 2002)