Farah (province)

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فراه
Farah
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Basic data
Country Afghanistan
Capital Farah
surface 48,470 km²
Residents 507,400 (2015)
density 10 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 AF-FRA
politics
governor Mohammad Asif Nang
Districts in Farah Province (2005)
Districts in Farah Province (2005)

Coordinates: 32 ° 24 '  N , 62 ° 6'  E

Farah ( Pashto / Dari :فراه, DMG Farāh ) is a province in western Afghanistan .

The capital of this province is the city ​​of the same name, Farah . Most of the 507,400 inhabitants of this province are Pashtuns and Tajiks or Farsiwan, the name of the Persian-speaking population in Farah being Farsiwan . The spoken language is Dari, although the so-called Herati dialect is common here. The name Farah comes from Arabic and means "happiness" and "celebration" (فرح, DMG faraḥ ).

Farah borders on Iran , which is also associated with a similar culture. The province is historically unexplored. It houses numerous treasures from the Middle Ages and other epochs. It was once part of the northern province of Herat before becoming an independent province at the beginning of the 20th century. Farah was a city in today's Herat province until the beginning of the 20th century.

Basic data

Personalities

Possibly the best-known personality from Farah Province emerged from Islamic civilization. This is the scholar Ata al-Mulk Juwaini , who comes from the city of Juwain . He was the teacher of the Islamic scholar al-Ghazali .

The Persian poet Abu Nasr-Farahi can also be named. Numerous schools, educational institutions and memorials are named after him today.

Songwriter and poet Salim Sarmast also comes from Farah Province. He wrote countless titles for the Afghan pop icon Ahmad Zahir.

Malalai Joya , a native of Farah, received the second highest number of votes in her province in the parliamentary elections in September 2005 and has since become the youngest MP in Afghanistan.

The above poets, thinkers, musicians, or politicians are all ethnic Persians.

population

Ethnic distribution in Farah:

The Farah province is mostly Pashtun. The Pashtuns speak a dialect similar to that of Kandahar , they also live in neighboring Iran on the border with Farah and Herat. Large parts of the Tajik population come from Yazd, today's Iran. They live in the Yazdi district.

Climate and vegetation

Farah is extremely desert-like. It is reminiscent of an oasis that is enormously fertile in some places. The province is characterized by numerous rivers in the north and south-west. In the north is the well-known valley Anar Dare ( Persian Anar " pomegranate "; Dare means "valley"). The Farah Rud River flows through Farah and runs across the province. At about the middle of this river is the provincial capital, Farah. In the southwest there is a huge water reservoir, which is also shared by the neighboring province of Nimrus (formerly called Chekhansoor). In general, the province is dry.

Farah is on the same geographic level as the city of Birjand in Iran.

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Attractions

The old town is located in the provincial capital (Persian Schahre Koohne ). This old town was previously called Fereydoon Schahr (Persian "Fereydoons city", after a previous king). This district in the heart of the province was a meeting place, bazaar and trading center. The old town dates from pre-Islamic times, i. H. from the time of the old religion of Zoroaster . The old town was also a resting place of the old Silk Road .

Historical monuments in the east of the province, called Kafir Qalah (Persian “house of the infidels”), also date from the pre-Islamic period . Qalah is a house that has an entrance door with several houses in it. B. should provide protection from a foreign attack. Such qalah are common in Farah .

In Farah there is also the Takhte Rostam (Persian "Throne Rostam"). Rostam (and his son Sohrab ) dates (s) of the city Jowain in Farah, who is also in the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi occurs through his heroic deeds. Since there used to be no borders between Iran and Afghanistan, he was considered the brave man from Sistan.

Latest developments for Farah

A road is being built in Farah connecting it to Iran. The Farah province is connected to the Iranian province of South Khorasan . This project is financially supported and promoted by Iran.

It is also about a technical aid project and a technical center for the Farah province, which can already be put into operation and has also been accompanied by Iran with technical know-how.

Administrative division

Farah province is divided into the following districts:

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Afghanistan. In: citypopulation.de. Retrieved January 9, 2016 .
  2. ↑ my.nps.edu
  3. ↑ ethnologue.com