Samangan Province

Samangan (Persian: سمنگان) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. About 313,211 people live in the Province, as of 2006.^[2] The capital is Samangan.

Samangan Province سمنگان
Province
Samangan Province
Location of Samangan within Afghanistan
Coordinates: 36°16′N 68°1′E
Country	Afghanistan
Capital	Samangan
Area
• Total	11,262 km2 (4,348 sq mi)
Population  (2009)[1]
• Total	350,400
• Density	31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+04:30 (AST)
Main language(s)	Dari Persian, Uzbek

Districts

Districts of Samangan Province

District	Capital	Population [2]	Area[3]	Notes
Aybak	Aybak, Samangan	85,427	909.91676
Darah Sof Balla	Darah Sof Balla	52,473		Created in 2005 within Darah Sof District
Darah Sof Payan	Darah Sof Payan	55,858	4539.27567	Created in 2005 within Darah Sof District
Feroz Nakhchir	Feroz Nakhchir	11,701		Created within Khulmi District and shifted from Balkh Province in 2005
Hazrati Sultan	Hazrati Sultan	36,690	1223.92574
Khuram Wa Sarbagh	Khuram Wa Sarbagh	30,704
Ruyi Du Ab	Ruyi	40,358

References

1. Central Statistics Office of Afghanistan. "Settled Population of country by Provinces and sex for 2006-2009 years". Archived from the original on 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
2. "Samangan" (PDF). Government of Afghanistan. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
3. Afghanistan Geographic & Thematic Layers