Marjah (also spelled Marjeh; Pashto/Persian: مارجه ) is an agricultural town in southern Afghanistan. It has a population between 80,000 - 125,000 spread across 80 - 125 square miles (320 km2), an area larger than Cleveland or Washington D.C. The town sits in Nad Ali District of Helmand Province, southwest of the provincial capital Lashkar Gah. There are some unconfirmed reports that Marjah is planned to be turned into a separate district.notable elder haji abdul rehman was setteled from ruyan into Marjah, his sons are khawas ,toorabaz,Abdul hayee,and his younger male child Merajan.
Marjah is geographically situated in one of Afghanistan's major belts of poppy fields, which are a source of funds for the Taliban. According to one figure, 10% of global illicit opium production in the year 2000 originated from the Marjah/Nad-i-Ali area. During the 1950s and 1960s the United States funded a scheme, run by the Helmand and Arghandab Valley Authority, to irrigate the fields around Marjah (Lashkar Gah/Helmand was nicknamed "Little America"), with many canals remaining to this day.
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