title: Mezana District
text: # Mezana District
  
  Mezana or Mizan is a district of Zabul province in southern Afghanistan.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  It has a population of about 13,400 as of 2013. The district is mostly populated by the Hotak tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns.
  
  ## History
  
  On 18 May 2020, a roadside IED planted by militants in Mezana District killed four civilians and injured nine others.
  
  