Charbolak District

Charbolak چاربولک
District
Charbolak Location within Afghanistan
Coordinates: 36°46′23″N 66°52′25″E
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Balkh
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population  (2009)
• Total	66,300

Chārbōlak (or Chahar Bolak or Char Bolak) (Dari: چاربولک) district (pop: 66,300)^[1] is located in the western part of Balkh Province. Its capital is the village of Charbolak, 40 km northwest of Mazari Sharif. The majority of the population is Pashtun.^[2]

The previous name of this district was Adina Masjid (آدینه‌ مسجد), which was changed to Charbolak by Mohammad Gul Khan Momand.^[3]

Sources

1. "Chahar Bolak". National Democratic Institute. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
2. Chahar Bolak District (Char Bolak), Balkh Province. Afghan Biographies.
3. Ghulam Hazrat Kushan, Afghanistan dar masir-i sada-yi bistum, Afghan American Association, 1999. pp 184-7.