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Baghlan
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Baghlan
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| Province | Baghlan |
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| Population (2003) | 61,100 |
| Area - Elevation |
1,700 m (5,577 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 Kabul |
Baghlan (Persian: بغلان ; Baġlān) is a city northern in Afghanistan and in the province named after it, Baghlan Province. It is located 3 miles east of the Kunduz River, 35 miles south of Khanabad, and about 1,700 feet above sea level in the northern part of the Hindu Kush.
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Baghlan began as an urban centre in the 1930s due urban growth as a result of a new road from Kabul to over the Kunduz River.[1]
Baghlan is the center of beet-sugar production in the country. Cotton production and cotton manufacturing are also important in the region.
The estimation of the population in 1960 was about 20,000 and about 24,410 in 1963, which would have been a supposed increase of 81.93% in a three year duration. The estimated population in 1965 was 92,432 which was an increase of 26.41% in two years. Tajiks, most of them originally from Parwan, Taloqan, or Mazari Sharif, make up the majority in the city of Baghlan. There is also a large number of immigrant Pashtuns that settled in Baghlan mostly originally from Kandahar or Nangarhar.[1]
On 6th November 2007, a suicide bombing targeted a sugar factory in Baghlan during a visit by members of the National Assembly of Afghanistan. Up to 100 people have been reported killed, including six legislators.
- Bibi Ayesha, female commander from Baglan
- 2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing
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