Back ولاية بدخشان Arabic Badakhshan AST Bədəxşan vilayəti Azerbaijani بدخشان ویلایت (افغانستان) AZB Бадахшан (правінцыя) Byelorussian Бадахшан (правінцыя) BE-X-OLD Бадахшан (провинция) Bulgarian বাদাখশন প্রদেশ Bengali/Bangla Província de Badakhxan Catalan Badakhshān CEB
Badakhshān | |
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| Coordinates: 38°N 71°E / 38°N 71°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial government |
| • Governor | Shah Waliullah Adeeb[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 44,059 km2 (17,011 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (2011-2012) | 889,700 |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnicities | Tajik, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Pashtun |
| • Languages | Persian, Pamiri, Pashto, Kyrgyz, Uzbek |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
Badakhshan (Persian: بدخشان - Badakhshān) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It has 28 Districts. The capital is Feyzabad. It is located in the north-east of the country, between the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya.
- ↑ "Database". www.afghan-bios.info.
- ↑ "Afghanistan Energy Information Center" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-10. Retrieved 2012-04-15.