Western Afghanistan

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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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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 (2)

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

Southern Afghanistan → borderedByRegion → Western Afghanistan ⓘ
Pashto language → spokenIn → Western Afghanistan ⓘ