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Badghis Province
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| Badghis بادغیس Province of Afghanistan |
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| Administration | Government | |
| - | Provincial seat | Qala i Naw |
| - | Governor | Enayatullah Enayat |
| Population | ||
| - | 2002 estimate | 413,245 (20th of 32) |
| - | Population density | 20.1 per km² |
| - | Ethnic groups | Aimak Tajiks Pashtun Turkmen Uzbeks |
| - | Languages | Persian (Dari) |
| Geography | ||
| - | Total area | 20,591 km² (11th of 31) |
| - | Water area | 0 km² |
| - | Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
| Subdivisions | ||
| - | Districts | 7 |
 Districts prior to 2005 realignment
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| - | ISO 3166-2 code | AF-BDG |
Badghis (Persian: بادغیس) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is located in northwestern Afghanistan, between the Murghab and Hari Rud rivers, extending as far northward as the edge of the desert of Sarakhs. The province was carved out of portions of Herat and Meymaneh provinces in 1964 and has a total area of 20,591 km².[1] Its name is from Persian word Bâdkhiz (بادخیز) meaning "where the winds arise" or "home of the winds".
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The province was one of the last captured by the Taliban in their military offensive previous to the American invasion in 2001. Even after their official takeover of the province, the largely Uzbek and Turkmen population of the province never welcomed the Pashtun Taliban. The province was quickly retaken by Northern Alliance forces as the United States initiated hostilities, which was followed by a brutal cleansing of the Pashtun minority in the province.
Various influential warlords have traded control of the province in recent years, including: Abdul Malik, Rashid Dostum, Juma Khan and Ismail Khan. During the fight against the Taliban, the Northern Alliance commanders received military aid from Shia Iran, fearful of the Sunni Taliban. In one notable incident, Malik temporarily switched his allegiances from Dotsum, allowing the Taliban to gain control of the province.
The province has a mixed population of Aimak, Tajiks, Uzbeks, Turkmen, and Pashtuns. It is counted as one of the most underdeveloped of the country's 34 provinces. Qala i Naw, a small town half-way between Sheberghan and Herat serves as the provincial center.
Badghis is home to what some consider the first Persian poet, Hanzala Badghisi.
The current Governor of the province is Enayatullah Enayat.
At the province is a Provincial Reconstruction Team, which is led by Spain.
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| District | Capital | Population | Area[2] | Notes |
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| Ab Kamari | Sang Atesh | 36,300 | 1,233 km² | |
| Ghormach | Ghormach | 34,455 | km² | Created in 2004 |
| Jawand | 186,000 | 7,925 km² | ||
| Muqur | 15,900 | 695 km² | ||
| Murghab | Murghab | 63,798 | 4,708 km² | |
| Qadis | Qadis | 55,727 | 3,202 km² | |
| Qala i Naw | Qala i Naw | 88,032 | 1,061 km² |
Agriculture is the main source of people's income and the existence of Murghab and Hari Rud rivers makes the available land suitable for cultivation. The province faced severe drought during the late 1990s and early 2000s, causing tens of thousands of residents to flee to refugee camps outside Herat. The situation has since improved [1]. Badghis is also one of the carpet-making capitals of the country.
Badghis Province suffers from a lack of adequate transportation. A single airport exists at the provincial seat--Qala i Naw Airport (QAQN) which is capable of handling light aircraft[3].
- ^ C. E. Bosworth; D. Balland "BAÚD¨GÚÈS". Encyclopædia Iranica. Ed. Ehsan Yarshater. United States: Columbia University. Retrieved on 2007-12-19.
- ^ Afghanistan Geographic & Thematic Layers
- ^ Qala-i-Naw Airport at the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation
- Afghanistan Information Management Service
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- Map of Badghis Province (PDF)
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Badakhshan • Badghis • Baghlan • Balkh • Bamiyan • Daykundi • Farah • Faryab • Ghazni • Ghor • Helmand • Herat • Jowzjan • Kabul • Kandahar • Kapisa • Khost • Kunar • Kunduz • Laghman • Lowgar • Nangarhar • Nimruz • Nuristan • Oruzgan • Paktia • Paktika • Panjshir • Parwan • Samangan • Sar-e Pol • Takhar • Wardak • Zabul |
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| Ab Kamari • Ghormach • Jawand • Muqur • Murghab • Qadis • Qala i Naw |