Wardak Province

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Wardak Province is a central Afghan province southwest of Kabul, known for its mountainous terrain, mixed ethnic population including Hazaras and Pashtuns, and its strategic location along key routes connecting the capital to the country’s interior.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf province of Afghanistan
administrativeDivisionOf Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
surface form: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
alternativeName Wardak Province
surface form: Maidan Wardak Province
bordersProvince Bamyan Province
Ghazni Province
Kabul Province
Logar Province
Parwan Province
capital Maidan Shahr
climate continental semi-arid climate
conflictHistory site of insurgency-related violence after 2001
country Afghanistan
economyActivity agriculture
livestock raising
ethnicGroup Hazaras
Pashtuns
Tajiks
governedBy provincial governor of Wardak
hasDistrict Wardak Province self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chaki Wardak District

Day Mirdad District
Hisa-i-Awali Bihsud District
Jaghatu District
Jalrez District
Maidan Shahr District
Markazi Bihsud District
Nirkh District
Saydabad District
hasFeature agricultural land
mountain passes
valleys
hasRiver Logar River
surface form: Logar River (partly)
hasSecurityPresence Afghan National Army
Afghan National Police
hasTerrain mountainous terrain
locatedInRegion central Afghanistan
locatedOnRoute key routes between Kabul and Ghazni
key routes between Kabul and Kandahar
locatedSouthwestOf Kabul
majorReligion Islam
namedAfter Pashtuns
surface form: Wardak tribe
officialLanguage Dari
Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
partOf Central Highlands of Afghanistan
surface form: Afghan Central Highlands region
strategicImportance connects Kabul to southern and central Afghanistan
subdivisionType province
timeZone Afghanistan Time
traversedBy Kabul–Kandahar Highway
utcOffset +4:30

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Hazaras regionWithinAfghanistan Wardak Province
Ghazni Province borderedBy Wardak Province
Hazarajat historicalProvince Wardak Province
this entity surface form: Maidan Wardak Province
Bamyan Province borderedBy Wardak Province
Wardak Province alternativeName Wardak Province
this entity surface form: Maidan Wardak Province
Wardak Province hasDistrict Wardak Province self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chaki Wardak District
Abdul Rahim Wardak placeOfOrigin Wardak Province
Logar Province borders Wardak Province
Parwan Province bordersProvince Wardak Province