Kohistan District, Kapisa

Kohistan
Kohistan Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 35°7′N 69°18′E / 35.117°N 69.300°E / 35.117; 69.300
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Kapisa Province
District	Kohistan Hesa Awal District
Elevation	5,033 ft (1,534 m)
Time zone	UTC+4:30

Kohistan, also transliterated Kuhistan, Kuhiston (Persian: کوہستان 'mountainous land'), was the northernmost district of Kapisa Province, Afghanistan. In productive agricultural seasons the area has an abundance of sweet mulberries, grapes, apricots and pomegranates. Yearly thousands of visitors spend their weekends in its picnic place of Sayaad along the Panjshir river that flows into Sourubi lake. The population was 100,200 (2006), mainly Persian-speaking Tājik people.