Tachar

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تخار
Tachar
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Basic data
Country Afghanistan
Capital Taloqan
surface 12,333 km²
Residents 983,300 (2015)
density 80 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 AF-TAK
Districts of Tachar Province (as of 2005)
Districts of Tachar Province (as of 2005)

Coordinates: 36 ° 42 ′  N , 69 ° 30 ′  E

View from Khojabahwoddin to the south

Tachar ( Pashto / Persian تخار, DMG Taḫār ; in English translation Takhar ; also Toḫār ) is a province ( velayat ) in northern Afghanistan on the border with Tajikistan .

It has 983,300 inhabitants.

The name of the province is derived from the Tochars , who once ruled the region as the “ dynasty of the Kushana ” (see Yuezhi and Tocharistan ).

Administrative division

The province of Tachar is divided into 17 districts ( woluswali ):

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Afghanistan. In: citypopulation.de. Retrieved January 8, 2016 .