Samangan Province

Samangan سمنگان
Province
Samangan Province
Location of Samangan within Afghanistan
Country	Afghanistan
Capital	Aybak
Government
• Governor	Abdul Rahman Muslim Kunduzi[1]
• Deputy Governor	Abdul Manan[2]
Area
• Total	13,438 km2 (5,188 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	438,235
• Density	33/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+04:30 (Afghanistan Time)
Postal code	20xx
ISO 3166 code	AF-SAM
Main language(s)	Persian, Uzbeki and Turkmeni

Samangan (Dari: سمنگان; Pashto: سمنګان) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located north of the Hindu Kush mountains in the central part of the country. The province covers 11,218 square kilometres (4,331 sq mi) and is surrounded by Sar-e Pol Province in the west, Balkh in the north, Baghlan in the east, and Bamyan in the south.

Samangan province is divided into 7 districts and contains 674 villages.^[4] It has a population of about 325,000 [1]^[3] which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. The city of Aybak serves as the provincial capital.

In 2021, the Taliban gained control of the province during the 2021 Taliban offensive.