Qataghan Province
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Qataghan Province, also spelled Kataghan Province, was a province of Afghanistan
which became defunct in 1964, when it was divided into the current Baghlan Province, Kunduz Province, and Takhar Province
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From the 19th century to 1963 Qataghan and neighboring Badakhshan Province
were united into a single province called Qataghan-Badakhshan Province. It was ruled by a single governor and was divided into two separate provinces in 1963.
The capital of Qataghan Province was the city of Baghlan
, now the capital of Baghlan Province.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
which became defunct in 1964, when it was divided into the current Baghlan Province, Kunduz Province, and Takhar Province
Takhar Province
Takhār is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It was established in 1964 when Qataghan Province was divided into three provinces: Baghlan, Kunduz and Takhar. It is in the north-east of the country. Its capital is Taloqan. Its salt mines are one of Afghanistan's major mineral resources...
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From the 19th century to 1963 Qataghan and neighboring Badakhshan Province
Badakhshan Province
Badakhshan is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, consisting of 28 districts. It is located in the north-east of the country, between the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya. It is part of the Badakhshan region.-Geography:...
were united into a single province called Qataghan-Badakhshan Province. It was ruled by a single governor and was divided into two separate provinces in 1963.
The capital of Qataghan Province was the city of Baghlan
Baghlan
Baghlan is a city in northern Afghanistan, in the eponymous province, Baghlan Province. It is located three miles east of the Kunduz River, 35 miles south of Khanabad, and about 1,700 metres above sea level in the northern Hindu Kush...
, now the capital of Baghlan Province.
Further reading
- Burhanuddin KushkakiBurhanuddin KushkakiBurhanuddin Kushkaki , also known as Mawlawi Borhan al-Din Khan Koshkaki, was an Afghan writer, journalist and Islamic scholar....
. Rāhnamā-yi Qaṭaghan va Badakhshān. KabulKabulKabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...
: Vizarat-i Ḥarbiyah, 1923. - “Kataghan” in Ludwig W. AdamecLudwig W. AdamecLudwig W. Adamec is a noted scholar on the Middle East and Afghanistan. Adamec is Professor Emeritus in the department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona...
. Historical and political gazetteer of Afghanistan Vol. 1. Badakhshan Province and northeastern Afghanistan. GrazGrazThe more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...
: Akad. Druck- und Verl.-Anst., 1972. pp. 94–96.