Mir Bacha Kot District
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Mir Bacha Kot District is situated in the central part of Kabul Province
Kabul Province
Kābul , situated in the east of the country, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. The capital of the province is Kabul City, which is also Afghanistan's capital. The population of Kabul province is 3.5 million people as of 2009, of which almost 80 percent live in the urban areas...

, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

. It has a population of 5,000 and another 37,000 are expected to return in the near future (2002 official UNHCR est.). Tajiks are the majority and some Pashtuns also live there.

Mir Bacha Kot district borders Shakardara District
Shakardara District
Shakardara District is situated in the central part of Kabul Province, Afghanistan. It has a population of 63,000 people, with another 10,000 expected to return from abroad...

 to the west, Guldara
Guldara District
Guldara District is located in the northwestern part of Kabul Province, Afghanistan. It has a population of 10,000 people, including new returnees...

 and Kalakan
Kalakan District
Kalakan District is located in the northern part of Kabul Province, Afghanistan. It borders Guldara District to the west, Qarabagh District to the north, Dih Sabz District to the east and Mir Bacha Kot District to the south. The population is 26,800 . The center is the village of Kalakan, situated...

 districts to the north, and Deh Sabz District
Deh Sabz District
Deh Sabz District is situated northeast of Kabul City in Afghanistan. It has a population of 100,136 people . About 70% are Pashtuns, and 30% are Tajiks....

 to the east. Its headquarters
Headquarters
Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States, the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the top of a corporation taking full responsibility managing all business activities...

 is Mir Bacha Kot
Mir Bacha Kot
Mir Bacha Kot is a village and the center of Mir Bacha Kot District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan. It is located at at 1690 m altitude, 25 km North of Kabul. The village infrastructure was destroyed during the war. The population is 5,659 ....

 village, which is located in the central part of the district, 25 km north of 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...

. The district was almost fully destroyed during the war and now is undergoing a rebuilding process. The main source of income is agriculture.
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