Parwan Province

Parwan

پروان‎
Parwan پروان‎
Province
	The Salang Pass during winter
	Map of Afghanistan with Parwan highlighted
	Coordinates (Capital): 35°00′N 69°00′E / 35.0°N 69.0°E
Country	Afghanistan
Capital	Charikar
Government
• Governor	Mullah Mohammad Farid Omar
• Deputy Governor	Maulvi Dost Mohammad Haqqani
Area
• Total	5,974 km2 (2,307 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	751,040
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Time)
ISO 3166 code	AF-PAR
Main languages	Dari

Parwān (Dari/Pashto: پروان), also spelled Parvān, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. There are about 560,000 people. The capital is Charikar. The most populous ethnic group in the province are Tajiks followed by Pashtuns and Hazaras.

In 329 BC, Alexander the Great formed the settlement of Parwan. It was conquered by the Arabs in 792.

Districts

**Districts of Parwan Province**
District	Population	Notes
Bagram	95,423
Charikar (Capital)	230,613
Ghorband	74,123
Jabal Saraj	80,052	Sub-divided in 2005
Kohi Safi	13,627
Salang	33,627
Sayed Khel	63,334	Created in 2005 within Jabul Saraj District
Shekh Ali	22,831
Shinwari	39,057
Surkhi Parsa	33,639

References

↑ "د پروان د استخباراتو نوي رييس په کار پيل وکړ". باختر خبری آژانس. November 4, 2021. Archived from the original on December 6, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
↑ "نشست محاکم پروان برگزار شد". آژانس خبری باختر. August 31, 2021. Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
↑ "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.
↑ "Parwan Provincial profile" (PDF). United Nations. Afghanistan's Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2015. Persian and Pashto are the main languages spoken in the province; however Persian speakers outnumber Pashto speakers by a ratio of 5 to 2.
↑ "Parwan Province". Program for Culture & Conflict Studies. Naval Postgraduate School. November 15, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
↑ Frye, Richard Nelson (1999). "Farwan (also Parwan)". Encyclopaedia of Islam CD-ROM Edition v. 1.0. Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill NV. Retrieved on December 18, 2007.
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[1] "د پروان د استخباراتو نوي رييس په کار پيل وکړ". باختر خبری آژانس. November 4, 2021. Archived from the original on December 6, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2022.

[2] "نشست محاکم پروان برگزار شد". آژانس خبری باختر. August 31, 2021. Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2022.

[nsia-3] "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.

[demography-4] "Parwan Provincial profile" (PDF). United Nations. Afghanistan's Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2015. Persian and Pashto are the main languages spoken in the province; however Persian speakers outnumber Pashto speakers by a ratio of 5 to 2.

[nps-5] "Parwan Province". Program for Culture & Conflict Studies. Naval Postgraduate School. November 15, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2011.

[EI-6] Frye, Richard Nelson (1999). "Farwan (also Parwan)". Encyclopaedia of Islam CD-ROM Edition v. 1.0. Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill NV. Retrieved on December 18, 2007.

[7] Afghanistan Geographic & Thematic Layers