Qadis | |
Settlement Type: | district |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Afghanistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Badghis |
Area Land Km2: | 3385 |
The Qadis District is located in the southern part of Badghis province, Afghanistan, between the districts Jawand in the east, Qala i Naw in the west, Muqur and Bala Murghab in the north. In the south is the Herat province. The capital is Qadis.[1]
The Firozkhoi tribe of the Aimaq people once occupied the area.[2]
Qadis was also the epicentre of the 2022 Afghanistan earthquake, which killed 28 people.[3]