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Place in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Fotur FotūrFutūr, Pātūr
Fotur is located in AfghanistanFoturFoturLocation in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 36°41′10″N 71°38′24″E / 36.68611°N 71.64000°E / 36.68611; 71.64000
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceBadakhshan Province
DistrictWakhan
Time zone+ 4.30

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

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, having increased from about 60 at the turn of the 20th century. Poplar trees grew plentifully.

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. ^ Adamec, Ludwig W., ed. (1972). Historical and Political Gazetteer of Afghanistan. Vol. 1. Graz, Austria: Akadamische Druck-u. Verlangsanstalt. p. 134.
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