Zabul Province

Coordinates: 32°06′N 67°06′E / 32.1°N 67.1°E / 32.1; 67.1
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Zabul
زابل
Pashto

Zabul (

Qalat serves as the capital of the province. The major ethnic group are Pashtuns
. Primary occupations within Zabul are agriculture and animal husbandry.

Geography

A bull walks at the foot of a mountain near Mizan in the southeast of Zabul Province.

Zabul borders

Oruzgan in the north, Kandahar in the west and in the south, Ghazni and Paktika in the east. It borders Pakistan
in the east.

The province covers an area of 17293 km2. Two-fifths of the province is mountainous or semi mountainous terrain (41%) while more than one quarter of the area is made up of flat land (28%).

The primary ecoregion of the province is the central Afghan mountains xeric woodlands. Common vegetation is listed as dry shrub-land and

Transportation

In 2006, the province's first airstrip was opened near

ANA Chief in Zabul is Major General Jamaluddin Sayed[7]

Zabul Province is bisected by

Highway 1 and travelers going between Kandahar and Kabul via road typically pass through the province.[8]

On 4 September 2016, at least 38 people were killed and 28 were injured during the

September 2016 Afghanistan road crash
.

Healthcare

An Afghan National Police officer, right, stands watch over food before distributing it to families Feb. 5, 2012, in Pinzo village, Zabul province, Afghanistan. The food distribution was intended to supplement the villagers winter food reserves from the fall harvest.

The percentage of households with clean drinking water increased from 0% in 2005 to 32% in 2011. The percentage of births attended to by a skilled birth attendant increased from 1% in 2005 to 5% in 2011.[citation needed]

Education

Bibi Khala School in Qalat

The overall literacy rate (6+ years of age) increased from 1% in 2005 to 19% in 2011.[citation needed] The overall net enrollment rate (6–13 years of age) fell from 31.3% in 2005 to 5% in 2011.[citation needed]

Demographics

Ethnolinguistic groups in Afghanistan
Districts of Zabul province

As of 2021, the total population of the province is about 391,150,

Pashtun, sprinkled throughout around 2,500 remote villages. Major tribal groups include the Tokhi and Hotaki Ghilji and the Noorzai and Panjpai Durrani
.

Pashto is the dominant language in the area. The people of Zabul are overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim. Primary occupations within Zabul are agriculture and animal husbandry.[9]

60.8% of the population lived below the national

poverty line, one of the highest figures of all of Afghanistan's provinces.[10]

Zabul is by many indications one of Afghanistan's most conservative provinces.[11]

Districts

Districts of Zabul Province
District Capital Population (2021)[4] Area Pop.
density
Notes
Arghandab 36,934 1,490 25 100% Pashtun.[12] Sub-divided in 2005
Atghar 14,059 458 31 100% Pashtun.[13]
Daychopan
44,508 1,491 30 100% Pashtun.[14]
Kakar 27,234 981 28 99% Pashtun, 1% Hazara.[15] Created in 2005 within Arghandab District Also known as Khak-e-Afghan Province.
Mezana 21,623 1,079 20 100% Pashtun.[16]
Naw Bahar 24,534 1,137 22 100% Pashtun.[17] Created in 2005 from parts of Shamulzayi and Shinkay Districts
Qalat
Qalat
44,928 1,914 23 95% Pashtun, 5% Tajik.[18]
Shah Joy
79,889 1,878 43 100% Pashtun.[19]
Shamulzayi 36,515 3,295 11 100% Pashtun.[20]
Shinkay 31,911 1,861 17 100% Pashtun.[21]
Tarnak Aw Jaldak 22,214 1,434 15 100% Pashtun.[22]
Zabul 384,349 17,472 22 99.4% Pashtuns, 0.6% Tajiks, <0.1% Hazaras.[note 1]
  1. ^ Note: "Predominantely" or "dominated" is interpreted as 99%, "majority" as 70%, "mixed" as 1/(number of ethnicities), "minority" as 30% and "few" or "some" as 1%.

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Sports

The province is represented in Afghan domestic cricket by the Zabul Province cricket team.

Gallery

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "د نږدې شلو ولایاتو لپاره نوي والیان او امنیې قوماندانان وټاکل شول". 7 November 2021.
  2. ^ Provinces of Afghanistan on Statoids.
  3. ^ "Afghanistan's Provinces – Zabul at USAID". usaid.gov. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d "Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2021-22" (PDF). National Statistic and Information Authority (NSIA). April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  5. ^ World Wildlife Fund, ed. (2001). "Central Afghan Mountains xeric woodlands". WildWorld Ecoregion Profile. National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on 2010-03-08.
  6. ^ First Airstrip in Zabul Province, USAID
  7. ^ Online, Asia Time. "Asia Times Online :: South Asia news, business and economy from India and Pakistan". www.atimes.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ "The Back of Beyond: A Report from Zabul Province". worldaffairsjournal.org. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ "Zabul Province". Program for Culture & Conflict Studies. Naval Postgraduate School. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
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  11. ^ "Conservative of Zabul Province" (PDF). reliefweb.int. Retrieved 17 Dec 2022.
  12. ^ "UNHCR Sub-Office Kandahar - DISTRICT PROFILE Arghandab" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-10-27.
  13. ^ "UNHCR Sub-Office Kandahar - DISTRICT PROFILE Atghar" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-10-27.
  14. ^ "UNHCR Sub-Office Kandahar - DISTRICT PROFILE Daychopan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-10-27.
  15. ^ "UNHCR Sub-Office Kandahar - DISTRICT PROFILE Kakar" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-10-27.
  16. ^ "UNHCR Sub-Office Kandahar - DISTRICT PROFILE Mezana" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-10-27.
  17. ^ "UNHCR Sub-Office Kandahar - DISTRICT PROFILE Naw Bahar" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-10-27.
  18. ^ "UNHCR Sub-Office Kandahar - DISTRICT PROFILE Qalat" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-10-27.
  19. ^ "UNHCR Sub-Office Kandahar - DISTRICT PROFILE Shah Joy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-10-27.
  20. ^ "UNHCR Sub-Office Kandahar - DISTRICT PROFILE Shamulzayi" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-10-27.
  21. ^ "UNHCR Sub-Office Kandahar - DISTRICT PROFILE Shinkay" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-10-27.
  22. ^ "UNHCR Sub-Office Kandahar - DISTRICT PROFILE Tarnak Aw Jaldak" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-10-27.

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