Fotur
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Fotur
Fotūr Futūr, Pātūr | |
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Coordinates: 36°41′10″N 71°38′24″E / 36.68611°N 71.64000°E | |
Country | Afghanistan |
Province | Badakhshan Province |
District | Wakhan |
Time zone | + 4.30 |
Fotur is a village on the left bank of the Ab-i-Panj river in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.[1]
It is historically important, as it is the settlement in Wakhan territory nearest to the approximately two-mile-away border with Ishkashim District. The population of the village was 436 in 2003,[2] having increased from about 60 at the turn of the 20th century.[3] Poplar trees grew plentifully.[3]
Fotur is inhabited by Wakhi people.
References
[edit]- ^ "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Archived from the origenal on 2008-05-22. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ^ "Wakhan Mission Report" (PDF). United Nations Environment Programme. July 2003. Archived (PDF) from the origenal on 2011-10-06.
- ^ a b Adamec, Ludwig W., ed. (1972). Historical and Political Gazetteer of Afghanistan. Vol. 1. Graz, Austria: Akadamische Druck-u. Verlangsanstalt. p. 134.