Khanashin District

Khanashin
ریگ خان شین
District
Flag raising over Khan Neshin castle, Rig District, after Operation Khanjar.
Khanashin
Location within Afghanistan
Coordinates: 30°50′N 63°29′E / 30.83°N 63.48°E / 30.83; 63.48
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceHelmand Province
Population
 (2012)
 • Total
25,600

Reg (Khanashin) District is situated in the southeastern part of Helmand Province, Afghanistan along the Helmand River on its western bank. The population is 25,600 (80% Pashtun and 20% Balouch). The main village is Khanashin.

The district is almost a desert and all the villages are along the Helmand River. The drought has extremely affected this district and its agriculture is ruined. The unemployment rate is 80%.

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