Tarinkot District

Tarinkot District, also spelled as Tarin Kowt,^[2] is a district of Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan.^[1] The capital of the district and the province is the town called Tarinkot, which is among the least developed populated places in the country.^[3]

Tarinkot ترينکوټ
District
Tarinkot Location within Afghanistan[1]
Coordinates: 32°40′48″N 65°55′12″E
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Uruzgan Province
Capital	Tarinkot
Population
• Total	100,000

U.S. Army soldier watching Afghans pass during a logistics inspection in Tarinkot.

In Tarinkot district, two Pashtun tribal confederations are represented, the Tareen or Tarin tribes: Popolzai, Barakzai, Alikozai, Achakzai; and the Ghilzai tribes: Tokhi, Hotak, Suleiman-Khel.

See also

• Districts of Afghanistan
• Tareen
• Ghilzai or Khilji