Eskan

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Eskan
Eskān
Eskan (Afghanistan)
Eskan
Eskan
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 36°38′20″N 70°51′17″E / 36.63889, 70.85472
Country Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan
Province Badakhshan Province
Time zone + 4.30 (UTC)

Eskan is a village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.[1] It is located in the valley of the Munjan, about 18 miles upstream of Jurm. Around the turn of the 20th century it had been a village of roughly 40 houses. [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ NGA GeoName Database. National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Retrieved on 2008-05-27.
  2. ^ (1972) in Adamec, Ludwig W.: Historical and Political Gazeteer of Afghanistan 1. Graz, Austria: Akadamische Druck-u. Verlangsanstalt, 86. 

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