Baghlan, Afghanistan

The town of Baghlan was established in Afghanistan in approximately 1960. It is located 3 miles east of the Kunduz River, 35 miles south of Khanabad, and about 1,700 feet above sea level.

The Industry of Baghlan

Baghlan is the center of beet-sugar production in Afghanistan and is the leading sugar-beet district of Afghan Turkistan. Cotton production and cotton manufacturing are also important in the Afghan Turkistan region.

The Population of Baghlan

The estimation of the population in 1960 A.D. was about 20,000 and about 24,410 in 1963 A.D. which would have been a supposed increase of 81.93% in a three year duration. The estimated population in 1965 A.D. was 92,432 which was an increase of 26.41% in two years, but all of these estimates may be incorrect as to what the real population was since there has never been a complete census because religious custom is opposed to recording the number of females in a family and muslim men may have up to four wives although most have only one wife.