Fotur is a village on the left bank of the Ab-i-Panj river in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.[1]

It is historically important, as it is the settlement in Wakhan territory nearest to the approximately two-mile-away border with Ishkashim District. The population of the village was 436 in 2003,[2] having increased from about 60 at the turn of the 20th century.[3] Poplar trees grew plentifully.[3]

Fotur is inhabited by Wakhi people.

References

  1. ^ "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2008-05-22. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  2. ^ "Wakhan Mission Report" (PDF). United Nations Environment Programme. July 2003. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-10-06.
  3. ^ a b Adamec, Ludwig W., ed. (1972). Historical and Political Gazetteer of Afghanistan. Vol. 1. Graz, Austria: Akadamische Druck-u. Verlangsanstalt. p. 134.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fotur
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