Sistan

Zaranj (Balochi, Pashto; Dari: زرنج) is a city in southwestern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Nimruz Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Zaranj District and has an estimated population of 72,272 people. Maulvi Salahuddin Mumtaz is the current mayor of the city. His predecessor was Maulvi Nooruddin Hamza.

ethnic group in Iran and Afghanistan

Sistān (), also known as Sakastān (, , current name: Zabol) and Sijistan (), is a historical region in south-eastern Iran, and extending across the borders of south-western Afghanistan, and south-western Pakistan. Mostly corresponding to the then Achaemenid region of Drangiana and extending southwards of the Helmand River not far off from the city of Alexandria in Arachosia. Largely desert, the region is bisected by the Helmand River, which empties into the Hamun Lake, located in Zabol, that forms part of the border between Iran and Afghanistan.

lake in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran

inland endorheic basin

black basalt hill in Lake Hamun, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran