Sari-Pul [1] (also Sar-i-Pul , Saripul [2] ; Pers. سرپل , Pashto سرپل ) - one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan . Located in the north of the country. In the west and north it borders with the vilayats Jauzjan and Balkh , in the south - with the vilayat Gur , in the south - with the vilayat Samangan . It is divided into seven districts and 896 villages. The administrative center is the city of Sari Pul .
| Vilayat | |
| Sari Pul | |
|---|---|
| Persian. سرپل Pashto سرپل | |
| A country | Afghanistan |
| Includes | 7 districts |
| Adm. Centre | Sari Pul |
| History and Geography | |
| Square | 15 999 km² (16th place ) |
| Height | |
| Timezone | UTC + 4: 30 |
| Population | |
| Population | 532,000 people ( 2012 ) ( 19th place ) |
| Density | 32.16 people / km² (21st place) |
| Nationalities | Uzbeks , Tajiks , Pashtuns |
| Official language | dari , uzbek |
| Digital identifiers | |
| ISO 3166-2 Code | AF-SAR |
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The population of Vilayat as of 2012 is about 532,000 people [3] and consists of a large number of ethnic groups and tribes.
History
The territory of the modern province from 1747 to 1831 was part of the first Afghan state - the Durrani Empire [2] . Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, the situation remained relatively peaceful; it was spared by three Anglo-Afghan wars .
As an independent administrative-territorial unit of the country, Sari-Pul was established in 1988 with the support of a North Afghan politician [4] .
During the Civil War in Afghanistan (1996-2001), the territory of the province was controlled by the armed groups of Abdul-Rashid Dostum , then came under the control of the Taliban . The Islamist governor in 1999 was subjected to personal sanctions by decision of the UN Security Council [5] , and at the end of 2001 he was the first arrested high-ranking Taliban functionary [6] .
Demographics
The population of the province as of 2012 is about 532,000. The population is predominantly rural - 491,100 people, and only 40,900 - urban. There are more men (272,400) than women (259,600) [3] .
Economics
The basis of the economy is agriculture and mining. In 2011, the Afghan government signed a contract with the China National Oil and Gas Corporation (CNPC) for oil production in the Amu Darya Valley in the territory of the province [7] . Oil production began in October 2012 [8] .
Administrative Division
Vilayat is subdivided into 7 districts [3] :
- Balkhab
- Gosfandi
- Kohistanat
- Sangcharak
- Sari Pul
- Sayayad
- Sozma Kala
Notes
- ↑ Sari-Pul // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- S. 323.
- ↑ 1 2 Oleg Lugovoi. Rulers of the East: reference edition ,. - SPD "A.S. Fridman", 2007. - V. 4. - P. 119.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Settled Population of Sar-e-pul province by Civil Division, Urban, Rural and Sex-2012-13 . Government of Afghanistan: Central Statistics Office of Afghanistan. Date of treatment October 22, 2012.
- ↑ Neamatollah Nojumi. The rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan: mass mobilization, civil war, and the future of the region . - Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. - P. 80–. - ISBN 978-0-312-29584-4 .
- ↑ FINANCIAL SANCTIONS: AL-QAIDA AND TALIBAN - AMENDMENTS MADE BY UN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE TO UN CONSOLIDATED LIST MAINTAINED UNDER RESOLUTION 1390 (2002) ON 18 JULY AND 27 JULY 2007 (PDF), Bank of England (August 3, 2007). Archived on September 11, 2008. Date of treatment February 20, 2008.
- ↑ Pakistan holds senior Taleban official , BBC News (December 20, 2001). Date of treatment February 20, 2008.
- ↑ Harooni, Mirwais . REFILE-Afghanistan signs major oil deal with China's CNPC (December 28, 2011). Date of treatment January 1, 2012.
- ↑ China's CNPC begins oil production in Afghanistan . Archived January 5, 2013. , by Hamid Shalizi. October 21, 2012.