Kandahar Province

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administrative division province

Kandahar Province is a strategically important region in southern Afghanistan known for its historical role as a former capital of the Afghan empire and as a center of Pashtun culture and politics.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Kandahar Province canonical	25
Kandahar region	14
Kandahar Province, Afghanistan	4
Afghan rise in Kandahar region	1
Kandahar District	1
Kandahar region, Afghanistan	1
greater Kandahar region	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division ⓘ province ⓘ
borderWith	Balochistan, Pakistan ⓘ Daykundi Province ⓘ Helmand Province, Afghanistan ⓘ surface form: Helmand Province Pakistan ⓘ Spin Boldak District (border area with Pakistan) ⓘ Uruzgan Province ⓘ Zabul Province ⓘ
capital	Kandahar ⓘ
climate	arid climate ⓘ
containsCity	Kandahar ⓘ
containsDistrict	Arghandab District ⓘ Daman District ⓘ Ghorak District ⓘ Khakrez District ⓘ Maiwand District ⓘ Maruf District ⓘ Miyan Nasheen District ⓘ Arghandab District ⓘ surface form: Panjwai District Reg District ⓘ Shah Wali Kot District ⓘ Spin Boldak District ⓘ Zhari District ⓘ
containsRiver	Arghandab River ⓘ
country	Afghanistan ⓘ
culturalCenterOf	Pashtun culture ⓘ
dominantBranchOfIslam	Sunni Islam ⓘ
dominantReligion	Islam ⓘ
ethnicMajority	Pashtuns ⓘ
governedBy	Governor of Kandahar ⓘ
hasAirport	Kandahar International Airport ⓘ
historicalRegion	Kandahar ⓘ surface form: Greater Kandahar
historicalSignificance	former capital of an Afghan empire under Ahmad Shah Durrani ⓘ former center of the Durrani Empire ⓘ
knownFor	agriculture ⓘ grape cultivation ⓘ pomegranate cultivation ⓘ
languageMajority	Pashto language ⓘ surface form: Pashto
largestCity	Kandahar ⓘ
locatedIn	southern Afghanistan ⓘ
officialLanguage	Dari ⓘ Pashto language ⓘ surface form: Pashto
partOf	Afghanistan ⓘ
politicalCenterOf	Pashtun politics ⓘ
strategicImportance	key region in southern Afghanistan conflicts ⓘ major transit route between Afghanistan and Pakistan ⓘ
timeZone	Afghanistan Time ⓘ
traversedBy	Kandahar–Herat Highway ⓘ Kabul–Kandahar Highway ⓘ surface form: Kandahar–Kabul Highway
utcOffset	+04:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Afghanistan → includesProvince → Kandahar Province ⓘ

Wanetsi → spokenIn → Kandahar Province ⓘ

Afghanistan–Pakistan border → adjacentTo → Kandahar Province ⓘ

Hotak dynasty → originLocation → Kandahar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar region

Ahmad Shah Durrani → deathPlace → Kandahar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar region

Kandahar → locatedInProvince → Kandahar Province ⓘ

Kandahar → isCapitalOf → Kandahar Province ⓘ

Kandahar → locatedIn → Kandahar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar District

Emirate of Afghanistan → coreTerritory → Kandahar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar region

Alexandria in Arachosia → locatedIn → Kandahar Province ⓘ

War in Afghanistan (by Polish forces) → mainAreaOfOperations → Kandahar Province ⓘ

Helmand Province, Afghanistan → bordersProvince → Kandahar Province ⓘ

subject surface form: Helmand Province

Kandahari Begum → placeOfOrigin → Kandahar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar region

Hazarajat → borderingRegion → Kandahar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar region

Uruzgan Province → borderedBy → Kandahar Province ⓘ

Chaman → borderWith → Kandahar Province ⓘ

Quetta–Kandahar route → connectsRegion → Kandahar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar Province, Afghanistan

Akhtar Mansour → birthPlace → Kandahar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar Province, Afghanistan

Sulaiman Mountains → region → Kandahar Province ⓘ

Sulaiman Mountains → administrativeRegion → Kandahar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar Province, Afghanistan

ANA → notableTheater → Kandahar Province ⓘ

subject surface form: Afghan National Army

Regional Command South → hasOperationalArea → Kandahar Province ⓘ

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar → laterResidence → Kandahar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar Province, Afghanistan

Mughal–Safavid Wars → followedBy → Kandahar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan rise in Kandahar region

Battle of Kandahar (1880) → location → Kandahar Province ⓘ

Zabul Province → bordersWith → Kandahar Province ⓘ

Tareen tribe → region → Kandahar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar region

Waneci → region → Kandahar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar region, Afghanistan

Afghan tribal forces → notableTheater → Kandahar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar region

Hotak Empire → territoryIncludes → Kandahar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar region

Mirwais Hotak → placeOfBirth → Kandahar Province ⓘ

Mirwais Hotak → placeOfDeath → Kandahar Province ⓘ

Mirwais Hotak → regionRuled → Kandahar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar region

Ghilji → capitalRegionHistorically → Kandahar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar region

Hotak tribe → locatedIn → Kandahar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar region

Maruf → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Kandahar Province ⓘ

Maruf → region → Kandahar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar region

Ahmad Shah Durrani mausoleum in Kandahar → locatedIn → Kandahar Province ⓘ

Arghandab River valley → locatedInProvince → Kandahar Province ⓘ

Arghandab River valley → partOf → Kandahar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: greater Kandahar region

Kandahar International Airport → locatedIn → Kandahar Province ⓘ

Shrine of the Cloak of the Prophet Muhammad → locatedIn → Kandahar Province ⓘ

Kandahar Bazaar → locatedIn → Kandahar Province ⓘ

Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah → lostTerritory → Kandahar Province ⓘ

subject surface form: Muhammad Shah

this entity surface form: Kandahar region

Arghandab River → flowsThrough → Kandahar Province ⓘ

Old Kandahar archaeological site → locatedIn → Kandahar Province ⓘ

Durrani → associatedWith → Kandahar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar region