Bati Kot District

Bati Kot District
District
Bati Kot District, Nangarhar Province.
Bati Kot District, Nangarhar Province.
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceNangarhar Province
CapitalHafeez Kodai
Population
 (2017[1])
 • Total300,000 (Three lack)
Time zoneUTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Standard Time)

Bati Kot is a district in the east of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. Its population, which is 100% Pashtun, was estimated at 300,000 in 2017, of whom 25,500 were children under 12. The district is within the heartland of the Mohmand tribe of Pashtuns.[2] The district centre is Nader Shah Kot.[3]

Batikot has the following villages: Sepay, Lowartay, Sarobi, Ghaze Abad, Chardi, Khanano Kali(gary), Takya, Grabawa, Barekab, Meshwane, Lachapor, Gundyane, Kody, and Ambarkhana. Since the 2nd presidential term of Hamid Karzia, about 70% area of Bati Kot is covered by Taliban. The main centre of Taliban is in Salour Kali (چهاردهي).

The popular areas in the district are; د دريم مالټې، اصحاب بابا زیارت ، سید اخند موسی زیارت ، تکیه غونډۍ ، پیرکامل ...زیارت

  1. ^ MRRD Provincial profile for Nangarhar Province
  2. ^ Nangarhar Province Tribal Map (Page 9). Naval Postgraduate School.
  3. ^ UNHCR District Profile, dated 2002-12-05, accessed 2006-07-06 (PDF)]

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