Other significant communities include Tajiks, Pashtuns, Balochs, and Uzbeks.

[3] The city of Qala-e-Naw has a population of 64,125 people (2015)[4] with 6 Police districts (nahias) and a total land area of 3,752 Hectares.

Qala-e-Naw is a Provincial Centre located in western Afghanistan north of the Paropamisus Mountains (Selseleh-ye Safīd Kūh).

[9] District 4 has a large institutional and transportation land use as a result of the airport located there.

On 7 July 2021, the Taliban began an assault on the town[11] which culminated in defeat by Afghan forces.