Pur Chaman پُرچمن
District
Pur Chaman Location within Afghanistan [1]
Coordinates: 33°08′24″N 63°51′36″E / 33.14000°N 63.86000°E / 33.14000; 63.86000
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Farah
Population  (2020) [2]
• Total	115,000

Pur Chaman (also transliterated as Purchaman or Porchaman) is a mountainous district in Farah province, Afghanistan. Its population is approximately 95% Tajik with a Pashtun minority. The main village, also called Purchaman 33°8′29″N 63°51′41″E / 33.14139°N 63.86139°E / 33.14139; 63.86139 is situated at 1431 m altitude.^{[ citation needed]}

Religious role

Pur Chaman was the center of operations for the Naqshbandi Sufi leader ( pir) of the Aimaq ethnic group until the late 1970s, when the last pir, Baha'uddin Jan, was killed under the Taraki government. ^[3]

Sources

• UNHCR District Profile, compiled September–October 2004, accessed 2006-06-06 (PDF).

External links

• Map of Farah Province settlements (Pur Chaman District) IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix, March 2018
• http://www.afghanan.se/afghanan_2011/Afghanistan%20Mapper/Farah%20Map/pur_chaman.pdf Map of Settlements] AIMS, May 2002 ^{[ dead link]}
• Map of Pur Chaman(PDF) Archived 17 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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