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Ghor Province
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province of Afghanistan
Ghor Province is a region located in central Afghanistan, known for its mountainous terrain and remote location. While historically significant as part of Afghanistan's geography, it remains one of the country's less developed areas with limited infrastructure and economic resources.
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- Instance of
- province of Afghanistan
- Named after
- mountain
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Located in
- Afghanistan
- Contains
- Saghar District
- Capital
- Chaghcharan
- Official language
- Pashto
- Population
- 764472
- Area
- 3657
- Elevation
- 2831
- Time zone
- UTC+04:30
- Shares border with
- Herat Province
- Image
- Jam Qasr Zarafshan.jpg
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- Category:Ghor Province
- Commons category
- Ghor Province
- office held by head of government
- governor
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ghor Province
- language used
- Persian
- male population
- 390617
- female population
- 373855
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Encyclopedic overview
Ghōr (Pashto, Dari: غور) also known as Ghowr or Ghur, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It is located in the western Hindu Kush in central Afghanistan, towards the northwest. The province contains eleven districts, encompassing hundreds of villages, and approximately 764,472 settled people. Firuzkoh (known as “Chaghcharan” until 2014) is the capital of the province.
Etymology
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