Nimruz Province
Nimruz (Balochi/Persian: ولایت نیمروز; Pashto: نيمروز ولايت) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in near Iran and Pakistan. The province contains five districts, 649 villages, 170,000 settled and nomadic people. Zaranj serves as the provincial capital.
The name Nimruz means "mid-day" or "half-day" in Persian. The name is chosen because the meridian cutting the old world in half passes through this region. Nimruz covers 41,000 km². It is the most sparsely populated province in the country, located in the Sistan Basin. A substantial part of the province is the desert area of Dashti Margo.
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