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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Shinwar District canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nangarhar Province → hasDistrict → Shinwar District ⓘ
Achin District → hasBorderingDistrict → Shinwar District ⓘ