Chak District

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'''Chak''' ({{langx|ps|چک}}) is a district in the southern part of Maidan Wardak Province of Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pajhwok.com/2022/09/05/chak-district-residents-complain-about-weak-telecom-services/ |title=Chak district residents complain about weak telecom services |work=Pajhwok Afghan News |date=5 September 2022 |access-date=2024-04-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.khaama.com/security-forces-rebuff-taliban-attack-on-maidan-wardaks-chak-district-4039/ |title=Security forces rebuff Taliban attack on Maidan Wardak’s Chak District |work=Khaama Press |date=October 26, 2016 |access-date=2024-04-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ariananews.af/us-expected-to-hand-over-3-military-bases-and-airport-by-early-may/ |title=US expected to hand over 3 military bases and airport by early May |work=Ariana News |date=April 24, 2021 |access-date=2024-04-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-184336 |title=Flood Victims in Wardak Call for Assistance |work=TOLOnews |date=24 July 2023 |access-date=2024-04-27}}</ref> Its population was estimated at 83,376 in 2005, the last year for which figures are available. The administrative center of Chak district is the town of Chak.

Chak District is within the heartland of the Wardak tribe of Pashtuns.<ref name="UND">{{Cite thesis |type=Master's thesis |last=Coyle|first=Dennis Walter|date=2014|title=Placing Wardak Among Pashto Varieties|url=https://commons.und.edu/theses/1635 |publisher=University of North Dakota}}</ref> To its southeast is Saydabad District, to the northeast Nirkh District, and to the northwest is Day Mirdad District.

==History== [[File:Wardakvase-BM.JPG|thumb|Wardak Vase and coins in the British Museum]] Outside the district of Chak there are many ancient Buddhist remains, including a fortified monastery and six stupas, one of which contained a bronze vase with a Kharoshthi inscription that held 61 Kushan coins, which is now in the British Museum's collection.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bronze reliquary and Kushan coins from a Buddhist relic deposit |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/b/bronze_reliquary_and_kushan_co.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018115016/http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/b/bronze_reliquary_and_kushan_co.aspx |archive-date=2015-10-18 |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=British Museum |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== See also == * Districts of Afghanistan * Chak Dam

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == *{{YouTube|QQlHy5lb_1Y|On the Road - Chak Wardak District of Maidan Wardak}}, TOLO TV, June 2, 2023 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060315193256/http://www.aims.org.af/maps/district/wardak/chak_wardak.pdf Map of Chak District] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20051027175857/http://www.aims.org.af/afg/dist_profiles/unhcr_district_profiles/centra/wardak/chak/chak.pdf UNHCR District Profile for Chak District], July 31, 2002, accessed 2006-08-15

Category:Districts of Maidan Wardak Province