Faryab

فاریاب Faryab
Basic data
Country	Afghanistan
Capital	Maimana
surface	20,292.8 km²
Residents	998,100 (2015)
density	49 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	AF-FYB
politics
governor	Abdul Hak Schafak
Districts of Faryab Province

Coordinates: 36 ° 0 '  N , 64 ° 48'  E

Faryab ( Pashto / Dari :فاریاب) is a province in the north of Afghanistan .

The population was estimated to be 998,100 in 2015. The capital is called Maimana .

In the 1980s and 1990s, violent clashes between various military leaders took place in Faryab. Faryab was particularly important because the border between the areas of influence of Abdul Raschid Dostum and Ismail Khan ran through this province.

Administrative division

The Faryab Province is divided into the following districts:

• Almar
• Andkhoy
• Bilchiragh
• Dawlat Abad
• Ghormach
• Gorzaiwan
• Khaja Sahib Posh
• Khan Charbagh
• Kohistan
• Maimana
• Pashtun feces
• Qaramqol
• Qeysar
• Qurghan
• Shirin Tagab

Web links

Commons : Faryab  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Many dead in suicide attack in Maymana. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . April 4, 2012, Retrieved April 5, 2012 . 
2. ^ Afghanistan. In: citypopulation.de. Retrieved January 8, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Antonio Giustozzi: Empires of Mud, War and warlords in Afghanistan . London 2009.