Ajristan is a district in the west of Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Its population, which is 97% Pashtun with a small number of Hazara, was estimated at 62,028 in 2001. The district capital is Sanara. Most of the population lives in the valley of the Jikhai river. After the provinces districts are the second level of administrative subdivisions in Afghanistan. ... Ghazni is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... The Pashtuns (also Pushtun, Pakhtun, ethnic Afghan, or Pathan) are an ethno-linguistic group consisting mainly of eastern Iranian stock living primarily in eastern and southern Afghanistan, and the North West Frontier Province, Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Baluchistan provinces of Pakistan. ... The Hazara ethnic group resides mainly in the central Afghanistan mountain region called Hazarajat. They make up anywhere between 9-20% of Afghanistans population, but an accurate census has not been taken in decades so there is little information to verify at present. ...
Prior to 2000, the district was known as Daya, and was part of Uruzgan Province. Categories: Stub | Provinces of Afghanistan ...
References
UNHCR District Profile, accessed 2006-04-24 (PDF).
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ...
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