Maidan Wardak Province
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Maidan Wardak | |
Province | |
Country | Afghanistan |
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Capital | Maidan Shahr |
- coordinates | 34°24′N 68°24′E / 34.4°N 68.4°E |
Area | 9,934 km² (3,836 sq mi) |
Population | 540,100 [1] |
Density | 46.2 /km² (120 /sq mi) |
Timezone | UTC+4:30 |
Main languages | Pashto Dari Persian |
Maidan Wardak Province (also spelled Maidan Wardag, or Maidan Vardak, Pashto: میدان وردګ Persian: میدان وردک, [Maidan warˈdak]) is one of thirty four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the central east part of Afghanistan. About 540,100 people live in the province. The capital is Maidan Shar.
Districts[change | change source]
District | Capital | Population[2] | Area[3] | Ethnical data(%)[4] | Notes |
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Chak | 83,376 | 1,273 | 100% Pashtuns | ||
Day Mirdad | 28,865 | 56% Hazaras, 44% Pashtuns | |||
Hisa-I-Awali Bihsud | 25,079 | 90% Hazaras, 10% Pashtuns | |||
Jaghatu | 46,667 | 88% Pashtuns, 22% Hazaras | Shifted from Ghazni Province in 2005 | ||
Jalrez | 44,873 | 48% Pashtuns, 47% Hazaras, 5% Tajiks | |||
Markazi Bihsud | 94,328 | 85% Hazaras, 15% Pashtuns | |||
Maidan Shar | 35,008 | 85% Pashtuns, 14% Tajiks, 1% Hazaras | |||
Narkh | 56,354 | 80% Pashtuns, 15% Tajiks, 5% Hazaras | |||
Saydabad | 114,793 | 1,163 | 100% Pashtuns |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Central Statistics Office of Afghanistan. "Settled Population of country by Provinces and sex for 2006-2009 years". Archived from the original on 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
- ↑ http://www.mrrd.gov.af/nabdp/Provincial%20Profiles/Wardak%20PDP%20Provincial%20profile.pdf Wardak Provincial Profile - MRRD
- ↑ "FAO in Afghanistan - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations". www.fao.org. no-break space character in
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