Qadis District

Qadis
district
Qadis District within Badghis Province
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Badghis
Area
• Land	3,385 km^2 (1,307 sq mi)

The Qadis District is located in the southern part of Badghis province, Afghanistan, between the districts Jawand in the east, Qala i Naw in the west, Muqur and Bala Murghab in the north. In the south is the Herat province. The capital is Qadis.^[1]

The Firozkhoi tribe of the Aimaq people once occupied the area.^[2]

Qadis was also the epicentre of the 2022 Afghanistan earthquake, which killed 28 people.^[3]

References

1. "Qadis District, Badghis, Afghanistan". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
2. Jonathan L. Lee (1996). The "ancient supremacy": Bukhara, Afghanistan, and the battle for Balkh, 1731-1901. BRILL. pp. 151–. ISBN 978-90-04-10399-3. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
3. "At least 26 killed as earthquake hits western Afghanistan".

34°52′53″N 63°29′03″E