Sar-e Pol or Sari Pul ( fa, سر پل) is the capital city of the province of

Sar-e Pol Province Sar-e Pol, also spelled Sari Pul (Dari/Pashto: ), is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north of the country. It borders Ghor and Bamyan to the south, Samangan to the east, Balkh and Jowzjan to the north, and Fary ...

in northern

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 ...

. It is in

Sari Pul District Sar-e Pol District is a district of Sar-e Pol Province, Afghanistan. It contains the capital, Sar-e Pol. The estimated population in 2019 was 173,719. See also * Sar-e Pol Province * Sar-e Pol city * Districts of Afghanistan The distr ...

. Sar-e Pol elevation is 2,155 ft (657 m).

History

In 2015, it had an official population of 51,075. in 2018 the population was 164,600. There were 5,675 total number of dwellings in a total land area of 2,990 hectares. The city's distance from Kabul is 349 km. Its population is mostly

Tajiks Tajiks ( fa, تاجيک، تاجک, ''Tājīk, Tājek''; tg, Тоҷик) are a Persian-speaking Iranian ethnic group native to Central Asia, living primarily in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Tajiks are the largest ethnicity in Taj ...

and

Uzbeks The Uzbeks ( uz, , , , ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to the wider Central Asian region, being among the largest Turkic ethnic group in the area. They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan, next to Kazakh and Karakalpak mino ...

. The

Taliban The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalist, militant Islamist, jihadist, and Pasht ...

overran and captured the city on the 8th August 2021 as part of their 2021 offensive.

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Populated places in Sar-e Pol Province Cities in Afghanistan Provincial capitals in Afghanistan Populated places with period of establishment missing {{SarePol-geo-stub