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Sar-e Pol (سر پل)
Province
Country  Afghanistan
Capital Sar-e Pol
 - coordinates 35°36′N 66°18′E / 35.6°N 66.3°E / 35.6; 66.3
Population 505,400 (2009) [1]
Timezone UTC+4:30
Main languages Dari Persian, Uzbek
Map of Afghanistan with Sar-e Pol highlighted

Sar-e Pol, also spelled Sari Pul (Persian: سر پل), is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the north of the country. Its capital is the city of Sar-e Pol. Dari Persian is the most dominant language in the province.

Uzbeks are the majority in all districts, and the other major tribes are Pashtuns and Hazaras, and there are also some Arabs and Tajiks.[2]

Under the Taliban

Aminullah Amin, the first senior member of the Taliban to be captured, was the former Governor of the Province.[3][4]

Districts

Districts of Sar-e Pol
Districts of Sar-e Pol Province
District Capital Population Area[5] Notes
Balkhab
Gosfandi Created in 2006 within Sayyad District; most recently created district up to date
Kohistanat
Sangcharak
Sar-e Pol
Sayyad Sub-divided in 2006
Sozma Qala

References

  1. ^ Central Statistics Office of Afghanistan. "Settled Population of country by Provinces and sex for 2006-2009 years". http://www.cso.gov.af/demography/population.html. Retrieved 2009-11-30.  
  2. ^ Sar-e-Pul provincial profile
  3. ^ "Pakistan holds senior Taleban official". BBC News. 20 December 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1721323.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-20.  
  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. http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/financialsanctions/annex070803.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-20.  
  5. ^ Afghanistan Geographic & Thematic Layers
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
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Districts of Sar-e Pol
Balkhab • Gosfandi • Kohistanat • Sangcharak • Sari Pul • Sayyad • Sozma Qala

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