Populated places in Jowzjan Province

Aqcha or Akcha (Pashto; Dari: آقچه), is a city in northern Afghanistan. It is located approximately east of Sheberghan and west of Mazar-i-Sharif. It serves as the center of the Aqcha District of Afghanistan's Jowzjan Province. The town is situated a few kilometers north of the main Sheberghan-Mazar-i-Sharif road called Aqyol (meaning White Road in most Turkic languages).

Qarqin (, ) is a town located in the northern part of Qarqin District, Jowzjan Province, Afghanistan at at 249 m altitude on the southern bank of the Amu Darya River, near the border of Turkmenistan. Qarqin is the center of Qarqin District.

human settlement in Afghanistan