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Herat Province
Herat (Persian/Pashto: هرات) is one the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the south-western region of the country. The main city and capital is named Herat.
The region of Herat used to be part of Greater Khorasan. It was ruled by the Tahirids followed by the Saffarids, Samanids, Ghaznavids, Ghurids, Ilkhanates, Timurids, and Saffavids. In the early-18th century it became part of the Afghan Hotaki dynasty followed by the Durrani Empire.
There are about 1,762,157 people living in Herat Province.
There are 16 districts within the province. These are listed in the table below.
Football (soccer) is the popular sport in Herat Province. Cricket is also getting popular.
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Fred Flintstone is the main protagonist of "The Flintstones" franchise. He is an everyday caveman and caring father. He was invented by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera of Hanna-Barbera.
His iconic phrase is "Yabba-dabba-doo". Alan Reed came up with it.
Alan Reed, Henry Corden, James Arnold Taylor and Jeff Bergman have voiced him in various media. John Goodman played him in the 1994 movie.
Cookie Monster
Cookie Monster is a Muppet that appears in Sesame Street. He is a blue monster that is known for eating lots of food, especially cookies. He is also known for some of his famous eating phrases. His favorite food is cookies, as his name implies. He especially enjoys chocolate chip cookies. Throughout the years of his presence, he has gained increasing awareness of children's food habits. In 2007, Cookie Monster had told his philosophy (way of thinking) that "Cookies are a sometimes food."
Modest Tchaikovsky
Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky (13 May 1850 – 15 January 1916) was a Russian dramatist, opera librettist and translator. Like his famous composer brother Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, he was a homosexual. In 1876, Modest tutored a deaf-mute boy and eventually helped him to talk, write, and read. Modest wrote three plays and the libretti for several operas, including his brother's "The Queen of Spades" and "Iolanta". He translated Shakespeare's Sonnets, and wrote his brother's biography. He died in Moscow in 1916.
Antonietta Dell'Era
Antonietta Dell'Era (16 February 1861 Milan 22 June 1945 Berlin) was an Italian "prima ballerina" in Berlin, best remembered for creating the Sugar Plum Fairy in "The Nutcracker" (1892). Her first performance was sold out, and she received good reviews. Modest Tchaikovsky described her as "pudgy and unattractive".
Jowzjan Province
Jowzjān or Jōzjān or Jawzjan () is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the northern area of the country. The capital is Sheberghan.
There are around 485,300 people in the province.
Jowzjan's current governor is Mohammed Aleem Sayee.
Sheberghan
Sheberghān or Shaburghān (), also spelled "Shebirghan" and "Shibarghan", is the capital city of the Jowzjan Province in northern Afghanistan.
Sheberghan is on the Safid River banks, about west of Mazari Sharif.
Kabul Province
Kābul (, ) situated in the east of the country, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. The capital of the province is Kabul City, which is also Afghanistan's capital. There are about 3.5 million people living in the province as of 2009.
Kabul is the center of annual buzkashi and football tournaments.
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The unmanned space probe was sent into space on August 18, 1985. It was designed to study Halley's Comet when it passed through the inner solar system in 1986.
Kandahar Province
Kandahar or Qandahar () () is one of the largest of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is located in southern Afghanistan, between Helmand, Oruzgan and Zabul provinces. Its capital is the city of Kandahar. There are about 913,000 people who live in the province. The United States is currently fighting the Taliban in this area.
The following is a list of the districts of Kandahar Province:
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The launch was a project of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of the University of Tokyo.
The satellite was sent into orbit on February 5, 1987.
Temuco Catholic University
The Temuco Catholic University () is a Chilean university in Temuco. This university is part of the Chilean Traditional Universities.
Kapisa Province
Kapisa (Pashto/Persian: کاپيسا) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the north-east of the country. The capital is Mahmud-i-Raqi. There are about 364,900 people living in the province.
Kapisa province is 80 km north east of Kabul.
Mahmud-i-Raqi
The town of Mahmud Raqi (also: Mahmud-i-Raqi, Mahmood-e Raqi) is the capital of Kapisa Province. It is the center of Mahmud Raqi District in Afghanistan.
Khost Province
Khost () is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the east of the country. Khost province used to be part of Paktia Province in the past. Its capital is Khost City.
The current Governor of the Province is Abdul Jabbar Naeemi.
There are 638,849 living in the Province. They are mostly Pashtun.
Khost
Khost () is a city in eastern Afghanistan. It is the capital of Khost Province. There are about 160,000 people in the city. Khost is located about 150 kilometers south of Kabul.
Kunar Province
Kunar () is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan It is in the northeastern part of the country. Its capital is Asadabad. About 413,008 people live in the province. Most of them are Pashtuns.
The districts in Kunar Province as of March 2004 are:
Asadabad, Afghanistan
Asadabad or Asad Abad ( - Asadābād) is the capital city of Kunar Province in Afghanistan. It is in the eastern part of the country next to Pakistan. There are a lot of mountains around Asadabad.
Kunduz Province
Kunduz or Qunduz (, ) is one of the provinces of Afghanistan. It is in northern Afghanistan. There are about 820,000 people who live in the Province.
The Kunduz River valley is the main feature of the Kunduz Province.
Kunduz
Kunduz (; ) also known as Kundûz, Qonduz, Qondûz, Konduz, Kondûz, Kondoz, or Qhunduz is a city in northern Afghanistan. It is the capital of Kunduz Province. It is linked by highways with Mazari Sharif to the west, Kabul to the south and Tajikistan's border to the north. There are about 250,000 living in the city.
Laghman Province
Laghman (Persian/) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the eastern part of Afghanistan. The capital is Mehtar Lam.
Mehtar Lam
Mihtarlam (), also spelled Mehtar Lam, is a town in Afghanistan. It is the capital of Laghman Province. It is the only large urban settlement in the province. The town is in the valley formed by the Alishing and Alingar rivers. It is 47 km northwest of the city of Jalalabad.
Logar Province
Logar (, ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the eastern part of the country. Most of the peoople are Pashtun.
Pul-i-Alam
Pul-i-Alam (Persian/Pashto: پل علم) is the capital of Logar Province, Afghanistan. About 30,000 people live in the city. They mostly Pashtuns and Tajiks.
There were major car bombings in 2020 and 2021.
Nangarhar Province
Nangarhar ( "") is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the east of the country. Jalalabad is the capital. There are 1,383,900 people in the province.
Nangarhar province is divided into 22 districts, these are:
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