Juzjan

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جوزجان
Juzjan
Iran Turkmenistan Usbekistan Tadschikistan China de-facto Pakistan (von Indien beansprucht) de-facto Indien (von Pakistan beansprucht) Indien Pakistan Nimrus Helmand Kandahar Zabul Paktika Chost Paktia Lugar Farah Uruzgan Daikondi Nangarhar Kunar Laghman Kabul Kapisa Nuristan Pandschschir Parwan Wardak Bamiyan Ghazni Baglan Ghor Badghis Faryab Dschuzdschan Herat Balch Sar-i Pul Samangan Kundus Tachar Badachschanlocation
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Basic data
Country Afghanistan
Capital Scheberghan
surface 11,798 km²
Residents 477,000 (2007/2008)
density 40 inhabitants per km²
founding 1958
ISO 3166-2 AF-JOW
politics
governor Murad Quenili
Districts in Juzdschan Province (as of 2005)
Districts in Juzdschan Province (as of 2005)

Coordinates: 36 ° 45 '  N , 66 ° 0'  E

Dschuzdschan (other spellings: Jowsjan , Jowzjan , Jawzjan , Jozjan , Cövzcan ; Pashto / Dari :جوزجان Jauzjan , DMG Djôzdjân ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan , which is located in the north of the country.

The province was created in 1958 and until April 1964 bore the name of the provincial capital Scheberghan / Schiberghan.

Juzdschan has an area of ​​11,798 km². The 477,000 inhabitants are mainly Uzbeks and Turkmens , mainly because of their proximity to Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan . There are also a considerable number of Hazara , some Tajiks , but hardly any Pashtuns .

Important cities in the province are, besides the university town of Sheberghan (40,800 inhabitants), Sang-i Charak (15,800), Aqchah (18,100), and Qarqin (7,200).

The famous doctor Abu Ubaid Abd al-Wahid al-Juzdschani , the chronicler Minhādsch ad-Dīn Jūzdschānī and the general and politician Raschid Dostum come from the province of Juzdschan .

Administrative division

The province of Juzdschan is divided into eleven districts:

Aqchah, Darzab, Fayzabad, Khamyab, Khaniqa, Khwaja Du Koh, Mardyan, Mingajik, Qarqin, Qush Tepa and Scheberghan.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jawzjan University