Badakhshan Province

Badakhshan Province

Badakhshan (Dari: بدخشانBadakhshān / Pashto: بدخشان ولايت) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country between the Hindu Kush mountains and the Amu Darya River. It is part of a broader historical Badakhshan region. The province contains 22 to 28 districts, over 1,200 villages, and approximately 904,700 people. Feyzabad serves as the provincial capital.

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