Western Afghanistan

E45674

geographic region

Western Afghanistan is a geographic region of Afghanistan that includes provinces such as Herat and is characterized by a mix of Persian and Pashto-speaking communities, historic trade routes, and cultural ties with neighboring Iran and Central Asia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
western Afghanistan	6
Western Afghanistan canonical	5
Marwand region (traditionally associated with present-day Afghanistan/Iran border area)	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographic region ⓘ
administrativeCenterOfRegion	Herat ⓘ
bordersCountry	Iran ⓘ Turkmenistan ⓘ
containsProvince	Badghis Province ⓘ Farah Province ⓘ Ghor Province ⓘ Herat Province ⓘ
country	Afghanistan ⓘ
dominantLanguage	Persian language ⓘ surface form: Dari Persian Pashto language ⓘ surface form: Pashto
hasBorderCrossing	Islam Qala ⓘ Torghundi ⓘ
hasClimate	arid ⓘ semi-arid ⓘ
hasCulturalTie	Central Asia ⓘ Iran ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ cross-border trade ⓘ livestock herding ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Aimaqs ⓘ Hazaras ⓘ Pashtuns ⓘ Tajiks ⓘ Turkmens ⓘ
hasHeritageSite	Musalla complex in Herat ⓘ surface form: Friday Mosque of Herat Herat ⓘ surface form: Herat Old City Musalla complex in Herat ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Chaghcharan ⓘ Farah ⓘ Herat ⓘ Qala-e Naw ⓘ
hasReligion	Shia Islam ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ
hasRiver	Hari River ⓘ
historicalInfluence	Persian culture ⓘ Turkic culture ⓘ
historicalRole	key corridor on trade routes between Iran and Central Asia ⓘ segment of the Silk Road network ⓘ
partOf	Khorasan ⓘ surface form: Greater Khorasan historical region
strategicImportance	gateway between Iran and the rest of Afghanistan ⓘ link between South Asia and Central Asia ⓘ
timeZone	Afghanistan Time ⓘ
utcOffset	+04:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Pashto language → spokenIn → Western Afghanistan ⓘ

Southern Afghanistan → borderedByRegion → Western Afghanistan ⓘ

Dari → region → Western Afghanistan ⓘ

Central Afghanistan → borderingRegion → Western Afghanistan ⓘ

Central Highlands of Afghanistan → borderedBy → Western Afghanistan ⓘ