Qataghan Province (Persian: قطغن), was a province of Afghanistan which became defunct in 1963, when it was divided into the current Baghlan Province, Kunduz Province, and Takhar Province.[1]

Qataghan Province
ولایت قطغن
Province of Afghanistan
19th century–1963
CapitalBaghlan
DemonymQataghani
Area
 • Coordinates36°43′44″N 68°51′25″E / 36.7289°N 68.8569°E / 36.7289; 68.8569
 • TypeProvince
History 
• Established
19th century
• Disestablished
1963
Succeeded by
Takhar Province
Kunduz Province
Takhar Province
Today part ofAfghanistan

From the 19th century to 1963 Qataghan and neighboring Badakhshan Province were united into a single province called Qataghan-Badakhshan Province. It was ruled by a single governor and was divided into two separate provinces in 1963.[1] The capital of Qataghan Province was Baghlan, now a city in the north of Baghlan Province.

Etymology

Historian William Maley stated that the removal of the term "Qataghan" upon the division of the area was part of a deliberate process to remove ethnic identities from administrative names, drawing a comparison with the division and renaming of Hazarajat, homeland of the ethnic Hazaras.[2]

Music

Qataghani style songs were born in Qataghan Province.

Population

Large population of Qataghani people are in Baghlan the capital of Qataghan province living into Darah Nikpai.

Economy

Mostly rice farming, since 2003 people starting grapes farming, there are also few gold mines in Baghlan.

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 Ludwig W. Adamec. Historical and political gazetteer of Afghanistan Vol. 1. Badakhshan Province and northeastern Afghanistan. Graz : Akad. Druck- und Verl.-Anst., 1972.
  2. ↑ Maley, William (March 1998). Fundamentalism Reborn?: Afghanistan and the Taliban. ISBN 9780814755860.
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