Ghowr (Afghanistan)
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Sources of Information
- BGN, 11/4/86(Velāyat-e Ghowr [Ghowr=brief], 1st order admin. div., 34⁰00ʹN, 65⁰00ʹE)
- Afghanistan Ghor Province, 2003
- BGN gaz., Afghanistan, 1992:(Ghor Province; see Ghowr, Velāyat-e)
Wikipedia description:
Ghōr, also spelled Ghowr or Ghur (Dari: غور), is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is located in the western Hindu Kush in central Afghanistan, towards the northwest. The province contains eleven districts, encompassing hundreds of villages, and approximately 764,472 settled people. Firuzkoh (known as “Chaghcharan” until 2014) is the capital of the province.
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