Surkh-Rōd District

Surkh-Rōd.(Pashto/Persian: سرخ‌رود/ سره رود), also spelled as Surkh-Rūd or Sorkh-Rūd, also called Sra-rod or Sra- road, is a district in the north of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. The district centre is the town of Sultanpur. It is well known to locals because of its abundance of fertile land; however, it is currently facing a lack of water.

For the district of Iran, see Sorkhrud District.

The district takes its name from the Surkh Rod river, also known as the Surkhab, which flows through the district. The district is also called sra rod or Sra road, sra in Pashto mean Red in Persian it's called surkh. Rod mean river or canal. In time of taliban the district official name was Sra rod.

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