Kapisa

کاپيسا Kapisa
Basic data
Country	Afghanistan
Capital	Mahmud-e Raqi
surface	1842 km²
Residents	401,000 (2015)
density	218 inhabitants per km²
founding	April 30, 1964
ISO 3166-2	AF CAP
politics
governor	Mehrabuddin Safi
Districts in Kapisa Province (as of 2005)

Coordinates: 35 ° 0 '  N , 69 ° 42'  E

In the Tagab district

Kapisa Pashto (کاپيسا) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan , it is located northeast of the Afghan capital Kabul .

The capital of Kapisa is Mahmud-e Raqi . The population was 401,000 in 2015. The area of ​​the province is 1842 km².

Mehrabuddin Safi has been the governor of the province since May 2011 .

history

The history of the region goes back to Alexander the Great , who died during his Indian campaign 330–326 BC. BC founded several garrison towns in what is now Afghanistan, including the presumed nearby town of Alexandria ad Caucasum , the exact location of which is controversial.

The province was named after the historic town of Kapisa , which today, however, is very likely outside the province, directly on the provincial border at Begam . The exact location and extent of the historical region, also known as Kapisa, is just as unclear.

The province was created on April 30, 1964 from parts of Parwan province , but its borders were changed several times between 1978 and 2001. Today Kapisa is surrounded by the neighboring provinces of Laghman in the east, Punjjir in the north, Parwan in the west and Kabul in the south.

Administrative division

Kapisa Province is divided into the following districts:

• Alasai
• Hesa Awal Kohistan
• Hesa Duwum Kohistan
• Koh band
• Mahmud-e Raghi
• Nijrab
• Day after

places

• Gejawa

Web links

Commons : Kapisa Province  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Government of Kapisa Province

Individual evidence

1. ^ Afghanistan. (No longer available online.) In: GeoHive. Archived from the original on February 6, 2016 ; accessed on January 8, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Bomb attack on bazaar in eastern Afghanistan: five dead. In: ORF . June 18, 2012, Retrieved June 18, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Sanjyot Mehendale: Begam Ivory and Bone Carvings , on: Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI.org), 2005, Chapter 1.2.3, http://ecai.org/begramweb/docs/BegramChapter1_2.htm , accessed June 27 2009