Herat Province

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province of Afghanistan

Herat Province is a historically significant and populous region in northwestern Afghanistan, centered around the city of Herat and known for its cultural heritage and strategic location near the Iranian border.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Herat Province canonical	23
Herat region	9
Greater Herat region	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	province of Afghanistan ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (post-2001, former) ⓘ surface form: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
borderCrossingWith	Islam Qala ⓘ surface form: Islam Qala (Iran border)
bordersWith	Badghis Province ⓘ Farah Province ⓘ Ghor Province ⓘ Iran ⓘ Turkmenistan ⓘ
capital	Herat ⓘ
climate	semi-arid climate ⓘ
contains	Herat International Airport ⓘ Shindand Air Base ⓘ
country	Afghanistan ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Hazaras ⓘ Pashtuns ⓘ Tajiks ⓘ Turkmens ⓘ Uzbeks ⓘ
hasDistrict	Adraskan District ⓘ Chishti Sharif District ⓘ Farsi District ⓘ Ghoryan District ⓘ Gulran District ⓘ Guzara District ⓘ Karukh District ⓘ Kohsan District ⓘ Kushk District ⓘ Obe District ⓘ Pashtun Zarghun District ⓘ Shindand District ⓘ Zinda Jan District ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Guzara ⓘ Herat ⓘ Karukh ⓘ Kushk ⓘ Shindand ⓘ
historicalRegion	Khorasan ⓘ
knownFor	cultural heritage ⓘ historical architecture ⓘ strategic trade routes ⓘ
largestCity	Herat ⓘ
locatedIn	northwestern Afghanistan ⓘ
majorRiver	Hari River ⓘ
officialLanguage	Persian language ⓘ surface form: Dari Persian
spokenLanguage	Pashto language ⓘ surface form: Pashto Turkmen language ⓘ surface form: Turkmen Uzbek ⓘ
timeZone	Afghanistan Time ⓘ
utcOffset	+4:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

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

Western Afghanistan → containsProvince → Herat Province ⓘ

Herat → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Herat Province ⓘ

Herat → capitalOf → Herat Province ⓘ

Ghurid Empire → coreTerritory → Herat Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herat region

Mahmud Shah Durrani → territoryRuled → Herat Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herat region

Badghis Province → bordersProvince → Herat Province ⓘ

Hazarajat → borderingRegion → Herat Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herat region

Jamshidi Aimaqs → region → Herat Province ⓘ

Taimuri Aimaqs → locatedIn → Herat Province ⓘ

Ghor Province → borderedBy → Herat Province ⓘ

Aimak → inhabits → Herat Province ⓘ

Ismail Khan → provinceOfBirth → Herat Province ⓘ

Ismail Khan → regionOfActivity → Herat Province ⓘ

Regional Command West → headquartersLocation → Herat Province ⓘ

Regional Command West → includesProvince → Herat Province ⓘ

207th Corps → regionServed → Herat Province ⓘ

Afghan invasions → location → Herat Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herat region

Farah → borderingProvince → Herat Province ⓘ

Torghundi → locatedIn → Herat Province ⓘ

Musalla complex in Herat → locatedIn → Herat Province ⓘ

Anglo-Persian War 1856–1857 → location → Herat Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herat region

Islam Qala → locatedIn → Herat Province ⓘ

Islam Qala → region → Herat Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greater Herat region

Farah Province → hasBorder → Herat Province ⓘ

Karts of Herat → country → Herat Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herat region

Mogholi language → region → Herat Province ⓘ

Hotak Empire → territoryIncludes → Herat Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herat region

Herat Citadel → locatedIn → Herat Province ⓘ

Musalla complex ruins → partOf → Herat Province ⓘ

Minarets of Herat → locatedIn → Herat Province ⓘ

Hari River → region → Herat Province ⓘ

Hari River → waterResourceFor → Herat Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herat region

Durrani → associatedWith → Herat Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herat region