Qataghan Province (

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: قطغن), was a province of

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

which became defunct in 1963, when it was divided into the current

Baghlan Province Baghlan (Dari: ''Baġlān'') is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the north of the country. As of 2020, the province has a population of about 1,014,634. Its capital is Puli Khumri, but its name comes from the other majo ...

Kunduz Province Qunduz (Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northern part of the country next to Tajikistan. The population of the province is around 1,136,677, which is mostly a tribal society; it is one of Afghanistan's most ethni ...

, and Takhar Province.Ludwig W. Adamec. Historical and political gazetteer of Afghanistan Vol. 1. Badakhshan Province and northeastern Afghanistan. Graz : Akad. Druck- und Verl.-Anst., 1972. From the 19th century to 1963 Qataghan and neighboring

Badakhshan Province Badakhshan Province (Persian/ Uzbek: , ''Badaxšān'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan in the north and the Pakistani regions of Lower ...

were united into a single province called

Qataghan-Badakhshan Province Qataghan-Badakhshan Province ( prs, ولایت قطغن-بدخشان) was a province located in Afghanistan. The province was originally created in 1890 when the districts of Qataghan and Badakhshan was separated from the Afghan Turkestan province. ...

. It was ruled by a single governor and was divided into two separate provinces in 1963. The capital of Qataghan Province was Baghlan, now a city in the north of Baghlan Province.

Etymology

Historian

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stated that the removal of the term "Qataghan" upon the division of the area was part of a deliberate process to remove ethnic identities from administrative names, drawing a comparison with the division and renaming of Hazarajat, homeland of the ethnic

Hazaras The Hazaras ( fa, , Həzārə; haz, , Āzərə) are an ethnic group and the principal component of the population of Afghanistan, native to, and primarily residing in the Hazaristan (Hazarajat) region in central Afghanistan and generally scatt ...

Music

Qataghani style songs were born in Qataghan Province.

Population

Large population of Qataghani people are in Baghlan the capital of Qataghan province living into Darah Nikpai.

Economy

Mostly rice farming, since 2003 people starting grapes farming, there are also few gold mines in Baghlan.

References

Former provinces of Afghanistan History of Baghlan Province History of Kunduz Province History of Takhar Province States and territories disestablished in 1963 1963 disestablishments in Asia {{afghanistan-hist-stub

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