Badghis

بادغیس Badghis
Basic data
Country	Afghanistan
Capital	Qala-i-Naw
surface	20,591 km²
Residents	479,800 (2014)
density	23 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	AF-BDG
	Districts in Badghis

35 63Coordinates: 35 ° 0 ' N , 63 ° 0' E

Badghis (or Bādghīs ; Persian بادغیس) is a province ( Velayat ) in northwestern Afghanistan with 479,800 inhabitants.

The capital of this province is Qala-i-Naw . Badghis borders the neighboring provinces of Herat , Ghor and Faryab as well as the state of Turkmenistan .

economy

While the Helmand province, which is important for drug production , suffered crop losses for opium poppies in 2015 , the harvest in Badghis increased by 145% according to US estimates.

Administrative division

The province is divided into seven districts:

From Kamari, Ghormach, Jawand, Muqur, Murghab, Qadis and Qala-i-Naw.

history

Medieval Ghartschistan (Ġarčistān) extended roughly in the area of Badghis. Anush-Tegin Ghartschai , the founder of the Anushteginid dynasty , who ruled the kingdom of Khorezmia , came from here.