Samangan Province

Samangan Province
Samangan Province; سمنگان
	Province
	Samangan Province
	Location o Samangan athin Afghanistan
Kintra	Afghanistan
Caipital	Samangan
Area
• Total	11262 km2 (4,348 sq mi)
Population (2009)
• Total	350,400
• Density	31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+04:30 (AST)
Main leid(s)	Dari Persie, Uzbek

Samangan (Persie: سمنگان‎) is ane o the thirty-fower provinces o Afghanistan. The province covers 11,218 square kilometre (4,331 sq mi) an haes a population o approximately 313,211, as o 2006.^[2]

Its caipital, Samangan, is kent for its auncient ruins includin, notably, the Takht e Rostam. Airchaeologists are desperate tae wirk in this province as wars an the Taliban hae destroyed mony o these airtifacts.^[2]

References

↑ Central Statistics Office of Afghanistan. "Settled Population of country by Provinces and sex for 2006-2009 years". Archived frae the original on 28 Januar 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
↑ ^a ^b "Samangan" (PDF). Government of Afghanistan. Archived frae the original (pdf) on 31 Mey 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010.

Freemit airtins

Dupree, Nancy Hatch (1977): An Historical Guide to Afghanistan. 1st Edition: 1970. 2nd Edition. Revised and Enlarged. Afghan Tourist Organization. [1]

[1] Central Statistics Office of Afghanistan. "Settled Population of country by Provinces and sex for 2006-2009 years". Archived frae the original on 28 Januar 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2009.

[profile-2] "Samangan" (PDF). Government of Afghanistan. Archived frae the original (pdf) on 31 Mey 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010.

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