Parwan Province

"Parwan" redirects here. For the locality in Australia, see Parwan, Victoria.

Parwan
پروان
Province
The Salang Pass during winter
The Salang Pass during winter
Map of Afghanistan with Parwan highlighted
Map of Afghanistan with Parwan highlighted
Coordinates (Capital): 35°00′N 69°00′E / 35.0°N 69.0°E / 35.0; 69.0
Country Afghanistan
CapitalCharikar
Government
 • GovernorMohammad Farid Omar[1]
 • Deputy GovernorMaulvi Dost Mohammad Haqqani[2]
Area
 • Total
5,715 km2 (2,207 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total
751,040
 • Density130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Time)
Postal code
11xx
ISO 3166 codeAF-PAR
Main languagesDari and Pashto[4]

Parwan also spelled Parvan (Pashto/Dari: پروان) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It is the largest province of the Greater Parwan region and has a population of about 751,000.[3] The province is multi-ethnic and mostly rural society. The province is divided into ten districts. The town of Imam Abu Hanifa serves as the provincial capital. The province is located north of Kabul Province and south of Baghlan Province, west of Panjshir Province and Kapisa Province, and east of Maidan Wardak Province and Bamyan Province. The province's famous tourism attraction is the Golghondi Hill, also known as “the flower hill,” located in Imam Azam about an hour away from the capital city of Kabul.[5] After Panjshir this province has been considered as one of the main raising points of Afghanistan War against Soviets.

The name Parwan is also attributed to a town, the exact location of which is now unknown, that supposedly existed during prehistory, in the nearby Hindu Kush mountains.[6]

Despite a four-decade-long state of war in Afghanistan, Parwan was relatively free of conflict by the mid-2010s. While occasional attacks on government or international forces were reported, they were usually minor.[citation needed] Such incidents in Parwan mostly involved grenade attacks on the residences of government officials or roadside bombs.[7] Bagram Air Base, which was one of the largest US military bases in Afghanistan, is located in Parwan.

  1. ^ "د پروان د استخباراتو نوي رييس په کار پيل وکړ". باختر خبری آژانس. November 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "نشست محاکم پروان برگزار شد". آژانس خبری باختر. August 31, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference nsia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Parwan Provincial profile" (PDF). United Nations. Afghanistan's Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Archived from the original on June 1, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2015. Persian and Pashto are the main languages spoken in the province; however Persian speakers outnumber Pashto speakers by a ratio of 5 to 2.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Gupta, Kanika (July 9, 2021). "I Didn't Expect to Find This in Afghanistan". Fodors Travel Guide. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  6. ^ Frye, Richard Nelson (1999). "Farran (also Parwan)". Encyclopaedia of Islam CD-ROM Edition v. 1.0. Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill NV. Retrieved on December 18, 2007.
  7. ^ "Regional Command East: Parwan Province". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved June 16, 2013.