Badakhshan Province (Persian: بدخشان ولایت‎, Badaxšān wilāyat) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the farthest northeastern part of the country between Badakhshan Province (Persian: بدخشان ولایت‎, Badaxšān wilāyat) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the farthest northeastern part of the country between Tajikistan and Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region. It shares a 56.5-mile (91 km) border with China. It is part of a broader historical Badakhshan region. The province contains 22 to 28 districts, over 1,200 villages and approximately 904,700 people.^[2] Fayzabad serves as the provincial capital.