Kohistan
Encyclopedia
Kohistan, also transliterated Kuhistan, Kuhiston, Quhistan ( 'mountainous land'), may refer to:
in Afghanistan
in Pakistan
in Tajikistan
in Iran
in Afghanistan
- Kohistan, Kapisa ProvinceKohistan, Kapisa ProvinceKohistan is the northern district of Kapisa province. The district is famous for its sweet mulberries, grapes, apricots and pomegranates. Yearly, hundreds of visitors spend their weekends along the Kohistan river that flows into Sourubi lake. During the war against USSR, Kohistani was one of the...
, Kapisa Province, a town and administrative center of Hesa Awal Kohistan District - Kohistan District, KapisaKohistan District, KapisaKohistan District was a district in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan. The district center was Kohistan. The population was 100,200 , mostly Tajik. The Kohistani Tajiks were the most powerful and best organized groups that fought against the British occupation of Kabul in 1879 to 1880....
, Kapisa Province- Kohistan Hesa Awal DistrictKohistan Hesa Awal DistrictHesa Awal Kohistan District is a new district, created from the split bigger Kohistan District in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan. The district center is Kohistan...
, a district in Kapisa Province, created within the former Kohistan District - Kohistan Hesa Duwum District, a district in Kapisa Province, created within the former Kohistan District
- Kohistan Hesa Awal District
- Kohistan District, Badakhshan, a district in Badakhshan Province
- Kohistan District, FaryabKohistan District, FaryabKohistan district is the southern-most district in Faryab Province. Its population is 38,200 . The district center is Qal'a , 1909 m altitude....
, a district in Faryab Province
in Pakistan
- Kohistan District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, formerly North West Frontier Province
in Tajikistan
- Kohistan-i Badakshan, the Tajik name of Gorno-Badakshan
in Iran
- QuhistanQuhistanQuhistan or Kohistan was a region of medieval Persia, essentially the southern part of Greater Khorasan. Its boundaries appear to have been indeterminate, and the term generally seems to have been applied loosely....
, a region of medieval Persia, the southern part of Greater Khorasan