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Farah Province

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Map o Afghanistan wi Farah heichlichtit

Farah (Pashto/Persie: فراه) is ane o the thirty-fower provinces o Afghanistan. It is in the soothwast o the kintra. Its caipital is Farah. Farah is a spacious an spairsely populatit province that lees on the Iranian border. The population is predominantly Pashtun.[1]

Geographically the province is approximately 18,000 square mile (47,000 km2), makkin it (comparatively) mair nor twice the size o Maryland, or hauf the size o the Republic o Korea. It is the fowerth lairgest province in Afghanistan.[2]

The province is hame tae a great mony ruined castles includin the "Castle o the Infidel" juist sooth o Farah Ceety.[3]

References

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  1. "Farah - Program for Culture and Conflict Studies - Naval Postgraduate School". nps.edu. Retrieved 6 Februar 2025.
  2. Kohistani, Asmatullah (9 Juin 2016). "Farah Province Profile" (in Inglis). Retrieved 6 Februar 2025.
  3. Joya, Malalai (20 October 2009). A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice (in Inglis). Simon and Schuster. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-4391-3248-7.