Dawlat Yar is a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
in
Ghor Province,
Afghanistan
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.
It was created in 2005 from the southeastern part of
Chaghcharan District. The administrative center of the district is
Delak, but the largest town is Dawlat Yar () at 2503 m altitude.
The population of the district was estimated at 31,800 in 2012,
and the electorate 23,767 in 2009.
The district is mountainous, with extremely severe weather conditions during the winter causing roads to be blocked with snow for weeks. The majority of this district are Hazaras.
References
Districts of Ghor Province
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