Ghor

غور Ghor
Basic data
Country	Afghanistan
Capital	Chaghcharan
surface	36,479 km²
Residents	690,300 (2015)
density	19 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	AF-GHO
politics
governor	Sima Joinda
Districts in Ghor Province (as of 2005)

Coordinates: 34 ° 31 '  N , 65 ° 15'  E

Minaret of Jam

Ghor , also Ghur or Ghwor ( Pashto / Dari :غور) is a province in Afghanistan with about 700,000 inhabitants.

location

The central Afghan province is located at around 2000 to 2500 m altitude on the Hari Rud river. The provincial capital is called Chaghcharan (or Chighcheran ).

Infrastructure

The infrastructure is below the national average. Airfields can be found in Chaghcharan (IATA: CCN) and Taywara.

history

Since the 11th century Ghor was a province of the Ghaznavid Empire . The province of Ghor was of central importance in the second half of the 12th century under the jointly ruling brothers Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad (r. 1163-1202) and Muhammad von Ghur (r. 1163-1206), who succeeded in their sphere of influence to extend to Persia on the one hand and Bengal on the other. After her death, the Ghurid Empire only existed for a few years.

Attractions

The minaret of Jam , or Firuzkur , built around 1175 , is a major attraction in the Ghor province, it is on the list of UNESCO World Heritage .

Administrative division

The province of Ghor is divided into the following districts:

• Dawlat Yar
• You Layna
• Lal wa Sarjangal
• Pasaband
• Saghar
• Shahrak
• Taywara
• Chaghcharan
• Tscharsada
• Tulak

Web links

Commons : Ghor Province  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Setting up a Firuzkuhi-Jurti in the province of Ghor , historical video document from 1977, from the online archive of the Austrian Media Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.geohive.com/cntry/afghanistan_ext.aspx Afghanistan - Census 2015
2. ↑ Regional Rural Economic Regeneration Strategies (RRERS) October 31, 2006: Ghor Provincial Profile.pdf (61 kB)