Dey Chopan District

{{Short description|District of Zabul Province, Afghanistan}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Daichopan | native_name = دای چوپان | native_name_lang = fa | name = | settlement_type = [[Districts of Afghanistan|District]] | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = Location within Afghanistan | coordinates = | pushpin_map = Afghanistan | pushpin_label_position = left  | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Afghanistan]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Afghanistan|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Zabul province|Zabul]] | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | parts_type = | parts_style = | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_est = | pop_est_as_of = | population_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_m = | elevation_m_min = | elevation_m_max = | population_density_km2 = | area_code = | area_code_type = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Dey Chopan''', also spelled as '''Daichopan''' ({{langx|fa|دای چوپان}}), is the northernmost [[Districts of Afghanistan|district]] in [[Zabul province]] of [[Afghanistan]]. Named after a Hazara clan, the district historically belonged to the [[Hazaras]], which was then invaded and depopulated by Emir [[Abdur Rahman Khan|Abdur Rahman]] in the 1890's. In 2013, it had a population of about 38,300.<ref name=cso>{{cite web |url=http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/Zabul(1).pdf |title=Settled Population of Zabul province by Civil Division, Urban, Rural and Sex-2012-13 |publisher=Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Central Statistics Organization |access-date=2014-11-04 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191455/http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/Zabul(1).pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The district’s main ethnic groups are the [[Dai Chopan (Hazara tribe)|Dai Chopan]] tribe of [[Hazaras]] and the [[Tokhi]] tribe of [[Ghilji]] [[Pashtuns]].<ref>[https://nps.edu/documents/105988371/107571254/ZabulTribalMap07.pdf/43065930-61e1-4a1b-96a4-5087d005596d Zabul Province Tribal Map]. Naval Postgraduate School.</ref>

==See also== *[[Districts of Afghanistan]] *[[Dai Chopan (Hazara tribe)]]

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[[Category:Districts of Zabul Province]]