Kushk District

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Kushk District is an administrative district in northwestern Afghanistan known for its location along the border with Turkmenistan within Herat Province.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
district
administrativeDivisionOf Afghanistan NERFINISHED
borderCrossingWith Turkmenistan NERFINISHED
borderInfrastructure railway link at Torghundi
road crossing at Torghundi NERFINISHED
borderSecurityResponsibilityOf Afghan authorities NERFINISHED
bordersWith Turkmenistan NERFINISHED
borderType international border
country Afghanistan
hasBorderCrossing Torghundi border crossing NERFINISHED
hasBorderRiver Kushk River NERFINISHED
hasClimate semi-arid climate
hasCountryCode AF
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
cross-border trade
hasFunction border control area
local governance unit
hasLanguage Dari Persian NERFINISHED
Pashto NERFINISHED
hasMajorEthnicGroup Pashtuns NERFINISHED
Tajiks NERFINISHED
Turkmens NERFINISHED
hasProvinceCapital Herat NERFINISHED
hasSettlement Kushk NERFINISHED
Torghundi NERFINISHED
hasStrategicImportance access to Central Asian markets
trade route between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan
hasTransportCorridor Herat–Turkmenistan corridor NERFINISHED
locatedIn Herat Province NERFINISHED
northwestern Afghanistan
locatedInRegion Central Asia NERFINISHED
Greater Khorasan (historical) NERFINISHED
locatedNorthOf Herat city NERFINISHED
locatedOnContinent Asia
locatedSouthOf Turkmenistan NERFINISHED
namedAfter Kushk River NERFINISHED
partOf Herat Province NERFINISHED
partOfAdministrativeRegion Western Afghanistan NERFINISHED
provinceCapital Herat NERFINISHED
timeZone Afghanistan Time NERFINISHED
utcOffset +4:30

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Herat Province hasDistrict Kushk District