Shinkay District
Shinkay District is a district of Zabul Province in southern Afghanistan. It has a population of about 22,900 as of 2013.[1] It contains the town of Ẕāmi Kalay.[2]
The district is within the heartland of the Tokhi tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns.[3]
Notable people
- One of the multiple possible people associated with the identity of Wallace Fard Muhammad, the enigmatic founder of the Nation of Islam, claimed on a World War I draft card to be a native of "Shinka" in Afghanistan.
See also
References
- "Settled Population of Zabul province by Civil Division, Urban, Rural and Sex-2012-13" (PDF). Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Central Statistics Organization. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
- "GPS coordinates of Ẕāmi Kalay, Afghanistan. Latitude: 31.7667 Longitude: 67.3333".
- Zabul Province Tribal Map. Naval Postgraduate School.
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