Shinwar District

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Shinwar District is an administrative district in eastern Afghanistan known for its predominantly Pashtun population and its location along key routes in Nangarhar Province near the Pakistan border.

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Shinwar District canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
district of Afghanistan
administrativeDivisionOf Afghanistan
borderingCountry Pakistan
borderRegion Afghanistan–Pakistan border
country Afghanistan
ethnicGroup Shinwari Pashtuns
linked to: Pashtuns
ethnicMajority Pashtun
linked to: Pashtuns
governedBy Nangarhar provincial authorities
linked to: Nangarhar Province
hasBorder Pakistan
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
cross-border trade
hasKeyRoute road between Jalalabad and Torkham
trade routes to Pakistan
hasProvincialCapital Jalalabad
hasSecurityIssues cross-border militancy
hasTerrain mountainous areas
valleys
inhabitedBy Shinwari tribe
languageMajority Pashto
linked to: Pashto language
locatedIn Nangarhar Province
eastern Afghanistan
locatedInRegion eastern Nangarhar
linked to: Nangarhar Province
locatedInTimeZone Afghanistan Time
locatedNear Durand Line
nearbyCity Jalalabad
partOf Nangarhar Province
populationGroup Pashtuns
regionType rural
utcOffset +4:30

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Nangarhar Province hasDistrict Shinwar District
Achin District hasBorderingDistrict Shinwar District