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Mehterlam district is located in the center of Laghman Province and consists of the urban centre and provincial capital Mihtarlam and 24 major villages and 269 sub-villages. Mihtarlam derives its name from Mihtarlam baba (Lamech), who was purported to be the father of the prophet Noah.〔Ariana Antiqua, Wilson, pg. 97〕 It borders with Kabul Province to the West, Alishing and Alingar districts to the North and Qarghayi District to the East and South. The population is 121,200 (2006) - 60% Pashtun, 35% Tajik and 5% Pashai. the city of (Mehterlam) has a population of 32,949.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015/ )〕 It has 10 districts and a total land area of 1,397 Hectares.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015_volume2/ )〕 the total number of dwellings in this city are 3,661.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015_volume2/ )〕 The Alishang river pours into Alingar river just south of the district center and the lands around them are irrigated. The agriculture is the main source of income. Many young men search for work in Iran and Pakistan. About 59% of the houses were partially or fully destroyed during the wars. Many people fled, but now they are returning. ==Land Use== Mehterlam is located in eastern Afghanistan 40 kms from Jalalabad and between two rivers: Alishing and Alingar.It is almost equally divided between built-up 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mihtarlam District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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