Zabul Province

Zabul

زابل‎
Zabul زابل‎
Province
	Almond trees in Zabul Province
	Map of Afghanistan with Zabul highlighted
	Coordinates: 32°06′N 67°06′E / 32.1°N 67.1°E
Country	Afghanistan
Capital	Qalat
Government
• Governor	Mullah Bismillah Abdullah
• Deputy Governor	Abdul Khaliq Abid
Area
• Total	17,343 km2 (6,696 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	391,150
• Density	23/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Time)
ISO 3166 code	AF-ZAB
Main languages	Baluchi ; Dari

Zabul (Pashto: زابل) is a historic province in southern Afghanistan. Qalat is the capital. About 275,100 people live in the province. The major ethnic group is Pashtun.

Districts

Zabul is surrounded by Paktika and Ghzani provinces in the east, Urozgan province in the north, Kandahar province in west and southwest, and Balochistan state of Pakistan in south.

Around 800,000 people live in Zabul. Most of them live in Shahjoi, Arghandab and Kalat city.

Almond, grapes, apricots, wheat, and vegetables are the main agricultural products of Zabul. About 80% of the people are farmers.

The current^[when?] governor of Zabul province is Bissmillah Afghanmal, son of Haji Mauladad Momand, born in Kandahar in 1976.

**Districts of Zabul Province**
District	Population^[5]	Notes
Argahandab		Sub-divided in 2005
Atghar	13,973
Daychopan
Kakar		Created in 2005 within Argahandab District
Mizan	21,162
Naw Bahar	21,144	Created in 2005 from parts of Shamulzayi and Shinkay Districts
Qalat	36,560
Shah Joy	71,348
Shamulzayi	33,351
Shinkay	28,344
Tarnak Aw Jaldak	19,017

Transportation

In 2006, the province's first airstrip was opened near Qalat. It was for the Afghan National Army. The airstrip is not paved.^[7]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "د نږدې شلو ولایاتو لپاره نوي والیان او امنیې قوماندانان وټاکل شول". 7 November 2021. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
↑ Provinces of Afghanistan on Statoids.
↑ "Afghanistan's Provinces – Zabul at USAID". usaid.gov. Archived from the original on 27 July 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
↑ "Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2021-22" (PDF). National Statistic and Information Authority (NSIA). April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2012-04-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ Afghanistan Geographic & Thematic Layers
↑ First Airstrip in Zabul Province Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine, USAID Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine

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[azamnews-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "د نږدې شلو ولایاتو لپاره نوي والیان او امنیې قوماندانان وټاکل شول". 7 November 2021. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2022.

[statoids-2] Provinces of Afghanistan on Statoids.

[3] "Afghanistan's Provinces – Zabul at USAID". usaid.gov. Archived from the original on 27 July 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

[nsia-4] "Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2021-22" (PDF). National Statistic and Information Authority (NSIA). April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2021.

[MRRD-5] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2012-04-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] Afghanistan Geographic & Thematic Layers

[7] First Airstrip in Zabul Province Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine, USAID Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine

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