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F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
( R e d i r e c t e d f r o m O r g u n D i s t r i c t )
District in Paktika, Afghanistan
Urgun (Pashto : ارګون ولسوالۍ , Persian : ولسوالی ارگون ) is a district of the remote Paktika Province in Afghanistan .
Administrative seat
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The administrative seat of this district is the like-named town of Urgun , also known as Loy Urgun , meaning "Greater Urgun".
History
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Urgun town used to be the provincial capital until it was replaced by Sharana in the 1970s due to its proximity to the main highway, connecting it to Kabul , Ghazni , and Kandahar .
The Siege of Urgun took place between 1983 and 1984.
Demographics
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The largest tribe in Urgun are the Tajik,formuli , Paktika Province Tribal Map (Page 11) . Naval Postgraduate School.</ref> Other tribes include the Kharoti , Sulaimankhel , and Wazir .[1] There are also Uzbeks and Sayed People in smaller numbers.
Like many place names in Afghanistan , Urgun can be spelled a number of different ways. "Urgon", "Orgun" and "Orgon", however, remain the most popular alternative spellings on maps and official documents.
Urgun is 7,492 ft above sea level.
References
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^ Paktika Personalities: An Examination of the Tribes and the Significant People of a Traditional Pashtun Province – Timothy S. Timmons and Rashid Hassanpoor (2007)
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Urgun_District&oldid=1044133989 "
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