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Jowzjan (جوزجان)
Province
Country	Afghanistan
Capital	Sheberghan
- coordinates	36°45′N 66°00′E / 36.75°N 66.00°E / 36.75; 66.00
Area	11,798 km2 (4,555 sq mi)
Population	485.300 (2009 [1])
Timezone	UTC+4:30
Main languages	Uzbek Persian Pashto
Map of Afghanistan with Jowzjan highlighted

Farmer, field and village, Jawzjan, Afghanistan.

Jowzjān or Jōzjān (Persian: جوزجان) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the north of the country. Its capital is Sheberghan.

Demographics

The population of the province was around 485.300 people^[2]. The major ethnic groups living in Jowzjan are Uzbeks and Turkmens followed by Tajiks, Pashtuns and Arabs. Uzbeki is spoken by the largest proportion of population (39.5%). Turkmeni comes second with 28.7% of population. Pashto and Persian are spoken respectively by 17.2% and 12.1% of the total population.^[2] It should be noted that the Arabs of Jowzjan do not speak Arabic but Dari Persian as their mother tongue.

Geography

Jowzjan Province is situated in the Northern part of Afghanistan, bordering Turkmenistan in the north, Balkh Province in the east, Sar-e Pol Province in the south and Faryab Province in the west. The province covers an area of 10326 km2. More than one quarter of the province is mountainous or semi mountainous terrain (29.4%) while more than two thirds of the area is made up of flat land (68.9%).^[2]

Districts

Districts of Jowzjan.

Notable people

• Abu Ubaid al-Juzjani, the famous pupil of Avicenna, was from Jōzjān.

References

External links

• Solace International's Girls' School Projects

Provinces of Afghanistan Badakhshan · Badghis · Baghlan · Balkh · Bamyan · Daykundi · Farah · Faryab · Ghazni · Ghor · Helmand · Herat · Jowzjan · Kabul · Kandahar · Kapisa · Khost · Kunar · Kunduz · Laghman · Logar · Nangarhar · Nimruz · Nuristan · Oruzgan · Paktia · Paktika · Panjshir · Parwan · Samangan · Sar-e Pol · Takhar · Wardak · Zabul