Faryab
فاریاب Faryab
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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:
Web links
Commons : Faryab - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Many dead in suicide attack in Maymana. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . April 4, 2012, Retrieved April 5, 2012 .
- ^ Afghanistan. In: citypopulation.de. Retrieved January 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Antonio Giustozzi: Empires of Mud, War and warlords in Afghanistan . London 2009.