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Qataghan Province

Coordinates: 36°43′44″N 68°51′25″E / 36.7289°N 68.8569°E / 36.7289; 68.8569
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Qataghan Province (Persian: قطغن) was a province of Afghanistan which became defunct in 1963, when it was divided into the current Baghlan Province, Kunduz Province, and Takhar Province.[1]

Qataghan Province
ولایت قطغن
Province of Afghanistan
19th century–1963
CapitalBaghlan
DemonymQataghan or Qataghani
Area
 • Coordinates36°43′44″N 68°51′25″E / 36.7289°N 68.8569°E / 36.7289; 68.8569
 • TypeProvince
History 
• Established
19th century
• Disestablished
1963
Succeeded by
Takhar Province
Kunduz Province
Takhar Province
Today part ofAfghanistan

From the 19th century to 1963 Qataghan and neighboring Badakhshan Province were united into a single province called Qataghan-Badakhshan Province. It was ruled by a single governor and was divided into two separate provinces in 1963.[1] The capital of Qataghan Province was Baghlan, now a city in the north of Baghlan Province.

Etymology

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Historian William Maley stated that the removal of the term "Qataghan" upon the division of the area was part of a deliberate process to remove ethnic identities from administrative names, drawing a comparison with the division and renaming of Hazarajat, homeland of the ethnic Hazaras.[2]

Music

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Qataghani style songs were born in Qataghan Province.

Population

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Large population of Qataghan people are in Baghlan the capital of Qataghan province living into Darah Nikpai.

Economy

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Mostly rice farming, since 2003 people starting grapes farming, there are also few gold mines in Baghlan.

See also

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Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ a b Ludwig W. Adamec. Historical and political gazetteer of Afghanistan Vol. 1. Badakhshan Province and northeastern Afghanistan. Graz : Akad. Druck- und Verl.-Anst., 1972.
  2. ^ Maley, William (March 1998). Fundamentalism Reborn?: Afghanistan and the Taliban. ISBN 9780814755860.