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 |
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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. Most of the people are Pashtun.
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". http://www.cso.gov.af/demography/population.html. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
- ↑ http://www.mrrd.gov.af/nabdp/Provincial%20Profiles/Wardak%20PDP%20Provincial%20profile.pdf Wardak Provincial Profile - MRRD
- ↑ Afghanistan Geographic & Thematic Layers
- ↑ Ethnic demographic statistics taken from http://www.aims.org.af
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