Herat Province of Afghanistan

Herat is one the 34 provinces of Afghanistan; together with Badghis, Farah, and Ghor provinces, it makes up the north-western region of the country. Its primary city and administrative capital is also named Herat.

Overview;

The province was one of the first major battlegrounds in the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and remained an active area of guerrilla warfare throughout, with local military commander and mujahideen Ismail Khan leading resistance to Soviet rule from 1979 until the Soviet withdrawal in 1989. When the Soviets withdrew, Ismail Khan became the governor of the province, a position he retained until the Taliban took control of the province in 1995. Following the ousting of the Taliban in 2001 by the US and coalition forces as well as the Afghan Northern Alliance, Khan once again became governor of Herat.

Districts                                           Population

Adraskan                                                         56,193  

Chishti Sharif                                                   25,428  

Farsi                                                                 28,252  

Ghoryan                                                           90,201  

Gulran                                                              106,983  

Guzara                                                             135,187  

Herat                                                                 397,456  

Injil                                                                     224,607  

Karukh                                                              58,594  

Kohsan                                                             57,782  

Kushk                                                               133,446  

Kushki Kuhna                                                  41,642  

Obe                                                                   75,175  

Pashtun Zarghun                                            90,817  

Shindand                                                         185,418   

Zinda Jan                                                         54,976

Area;

 54,778 km² (21,150 sq mi)

Population;

 1,762,157 

Main language;

 Dari Persian

Pashto 

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Herat Province of Afghanistan 

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