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Zabul Province

Province of Afghanistan

Zabul Province
Summary

Province of Afghanistan

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Zabul Province is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the south of the country. It has a population of 249,000. Zabul became a separate province from neighbouring Kandahar in 1963. Historically, it was part of the Zabulistan region. Qalat serves as the capital of the province. The major ethnic group are Pashtuns. Primary occupations within Zabul are agriculture and animal husbandry.

According to Iranic legend, Zabul is the birthplace of the hero Rostam.

Geography

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

Zabul borders Uruzgan 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 pistachio. The high mountains of the northern portion of the province are in the Ghor-Hazarajat alpine meadow ecoregion, which is characterized by meadows, willows, and sea buckthorn.

Administrative divisions

Districts of Zabul province
DistrictCapitalPopulation (2021)AreaPop.
densityNotes
Arghandab36,9341,49025100% Pashtun. Sub-divided in 2005
Atghar14,05945831100% Pashtun.
Daychopan44,5081,49130100% Pashtun.
Kakar27,2349812899% Pashtun, 1% Hazara. Created in 2005 within Arghandab District Also known as Khak-e-Afghan Province.
Mezana21,6231,07920100% Pashtun.
Naw Bahar24,5341,13722100% Pashtun. Created in 2005 from parts of Shamulzayi and Shinkay Districts
QalatQalat44,9281,9142395% Pashtun, 5% Tajik.
Shah Joy79,8891,87843100% Pashtun.
Shamulzayi36,5153,29511100% Pashtun.
Shinkay31,9111,86117100% Pashtun.
Tarnak Aw Jaldak22,2141,43415100% Pashtun.
Zabul384,34917,4722299.4% Pashtuns, 0.6% Tajiks,

Economy

In 2006, the province's first airstrip was opened near Qalat, to be operated by the Afghan National Army, but also for use by commercial aviation. Twice weekly service was scheduled by PRT Air between Qalat and Kabul. The airstrip is not paved. The ANA Chief in Zabul is Major General Jamaluddin Sayed

Zabul Province is bisected by Highway 1 and travelers going between Kandahar and Kabul via road typically pass through the province.

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

Demographics

groups in Afghanistan

Population

As of 2021, the total population of the province is about 391,150, which is mostly a rural tribal society. 60.8% of the population lived below the national poverty line, one of the highest figures of all of Afghanistan's provinces.

Ethnicity, languages and religion

According to the Naval Postgraduate School, the population is primarily Pashtuns, sprinkled throughout around 2,500 remote villages. Major tribal groups include the Tokhi, Hotak, Nasar, Kharoti, Taraki, 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.

Zabul is by many indications one of Afghanistan's most religious conservative provinces.

Education

Bibi Khala School in Qalat

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

Health

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.

Culture

Afghan food]] on a ''[[dastarkhan]]''

Sports

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

Notable people

  • Alauddin Khalji
  • Mullah Omar
  • Mullah Yaqoob Akhund
  • Rustam-I-Pahlavan
  • Jalauddin Khilji
  • Sohrab
  • Sām
  • Zal
  • Tegin Shah

Notes

References

References

  1. (7 November 2021). "د نږدې شلو ولایاتو لپاره نوي والیان او امنیې قوماندانان وټاکل شول".
  2. [http://www.statoids.com/uaf.html Provinces of Afghanistan] on [http://www.statoids.com/ Statoids].
  3. "Afghanistan's Provinces – Zabul at USAID".
  4. "Heroes Fighting Snake Demons: Problems of Identification in Panjikent Paintings".
  5. {{NatGeo ecoregion
  6. "UNHCR Sub-Office Kandahar - DISTRICT PROFILE Arghandab".
  7. "UNHCR Sub-Office Kandahar - DISTRICT PROFILE Atghar".
  8. "UNHCR Sub-Office Kandahar - DISTRICT PROFILE Daychopan".
  9. "UNHCR Sub-Office Kandahar - DISTRICT PROFILE Kakar".
  10. "UNHCR Sub-Office Kandahar - DISTRICT PROFILE Mezana".
  11. "UNHCR Sub-Office Kandahar - DISTRICT PROFILE Naw Bahar".
  12. "UNHCR Sub-Office Kandahar - DISTRICT PROFILE Qalat".
  13. "UNHCR Sub-Office Kandahar - DISTRICT PROFILE Shah Joy".
  14. "UNHCR Sub-Office Kandahar - DISTRICT PROFILE Shamulzayi".
  15. "UNHCR Sub-Office Kandahar - DISTRICT PROFILE Shinkay".
  16. "UNHCR Sub-Office Kandahar - DISTRICT PROFILE Tarnak Aw Jaldak".
  17. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070727222113/http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/Article.73.aspx First Airstrip in Zabul Province], ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20070727215408/http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/ USAID]''
  18. Online, Asia Time. "Asia Times Online :: South Asia news, business and economy from India and Pakistan".
  19. "The Back of Beyond: A Report from Zabul Province".
  20. . (April 2021). ["Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2021-22"](https://www.nsia.gov.af:8080/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Estimated-Population-of-Afghanistan1-1400.pdf). *National Statistic and Information Authority (NSIA)*.
  21. (August 2012). "Decoding the New Taliban: Insights from the Afghan Field". Hurst.
  22. "Zabul Province". [[Naval Postgraduate School]].
  23. "Conservative of Zabul Province".
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