The town has a population of 18,000 and is also the district administrative centre.

The Taliban withdrew from the district center one day later.

The population of the district center is 40,861as of 2011.

Communications are poor, and there is just one main road which runs to the district center.

The district center itself, with a population of 31.336 for 2006 is divided into 19 quarters.

The population served by each district centre is about 40,000 to 50,000.

There will be four such district centres in the town.

Being close to district center, some people work in Söke.

Population of the district center is 30195 as of 2010.

They retained control of one village but had failed to take the district center, he said.