Badakhshan Province

Badakhshan Province
بدخشان
Map of Afghanistan with Badakhshan highlighted
Map of Afghanistan with Badakhshan highlighted
Coordinates: 38°0′N 71°0′E / 38.000°N 71.000°E / 38.000; 71.000
Country Afghanistan
CapitalFayzabad
Government
 • GovernorMohammad Ayub Khalid[1]
 • Deputy GovernorNisar Ahmad Ahmadi[2]
Area
 • Total
44,835 km2 (17,311 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[4]
 • Total
1,072,785
 • Density24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Time)
Postal code
34XX
ISO 3166 codeAF-BDS
Main languagesPersian, Pashto, Khowar, Kyrgyz, Shughni, Ishkashimi, Wakhi

Badakhshan Province (Pashto/Dari: بدخشان) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan in the north and the Pakistani regions of Lower and Upper Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan in the southeast. It also has a 91-kilometer (57-mile) border with China in the east.

It is part of a broader historical Badakhshan region, parts of which now also lie in Tajikistan and China. The province contains 22 districts, over 1,200 villages and approximately 1,055,000 people.[5][6] Fayzabad serves as the provincial capital. Resistance activity has been reported in the province since the 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Mohammad Ayub Khalid was introduced as the governor of Badakhshan". 14 September 2023.
  2. ^ Ahmadi, Esmatullah (22 August 2021). "Drug addicts' collection campaign starts in Badakhshan".
  3. ^ "Afghanistan Provinces". www.statoids.com.
  4. ^ "Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2021-22" (PDF). National Statistic and Information Authority (NSIA). April 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
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  7. ^ "Afghanistan's National Resistance Front formally announces guerrilla war against the Taliban from Badakhshan". India Narrative. 27 October 2021. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  8. ^ Kohzad, Nilly (15 December 2021). "What Does the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan Have to Offer?". The Diplomat. Retrieved 19 December 2021.

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