Zabul

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زابل
Zabul
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Basic data
Country Afghanistan
Capital Qalat
surface 17,345.5 km²
Residents 304,100 (2015)
density 18 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 AF-ZAB
Districts in the province of Zabul (as of 2005)
Districts in the province of Zabul (as of 2005)

Coordinates: 32 ° 6 '  N , 67 ° 6'  E

US soldiers in Zabul

Zabul ( Pashto / Dari :زابل) is a province ( velayat ) in the south of Afghanistan .

It has 304,100 inhabitants.

Zabul is the only province in Afghanistan in which the Taliban named its own governor ( waali ) after the invasion of US troops , who competes with the governor appointed by the central government in Kabul .

In April 2003 the Taliban captured the Daychopan district, but the Afghan government troops were able to regain control immediately.

Zabul has had an airfield in Qalat since 2006.

Administrative division

The province of Zabul is divided into nine districts ( woluswali ):

See also

Web links

Commons : Zabul Province  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • Zabul Provincial Profile (PDF file), October 29, 2007, on the website of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Afghanistan. In: citypopulation.de. Retrieved January 8, 2016 .
  2. ↑ USAID September 01, 2006: First Airstrip in Zabul Province ( Memento from August 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )