Parwan Province

Parwān (Dari/Pashto: پروان), also spelled Parvān, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. There are about 560,000 people. The capital is Charikar. The most populous ethnic group in the province are Tajiks followed by Pashtuns and Hazaras.

In 329 BC, Alexander the Great formed the settlement of Parwan. It was conquered by the Arabs in 792.Frye, Richard Nelson (1999). "Farwan (also Parwan)". Encyclopaedia of Islam CD-ROM Edition v. 1.0. Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill NV. Retrieved on December 18, 2007.

 Districts 
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 Districts of Parwan ProvinceDistrictCapitalPopulationAreaAfghanistan Geographic & Thematic LayersNotesBagram    95,423    Charikar (Capital)    230,613    Ghorband    74,123    Jabal Saraj    80,052    Sub-divided in 2005Kohi Safi    13,627    Salang    33,627    Sayed Khel    63,334    Created in 2005 within Jabul Saraj DistrictShekh Ali    22,831    Shinwari    39,057    Surkhi Parsa    33,639   

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