Sar-e Pol Province

Sar-e Pol

سرپل
Sar-e Pol سرپل
Province
	Balkhab District
	Map of Afghanistan with Sar-e Pol highlighted
	Districts of Sar-e Pol
	Coordinates (Capital): 35°36′N 66°18′E / 35.6°N 66.3°E
Country	Afghanistan
District	Sar-e Pol
Capital	Sar-e Pol
Government
• Governor	Abdul Rahman
• Deputy Governor	Mohammad Nader
Area
• Total	16,360 km2 (6,320 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	632,182
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Time)
Postal code	21xx
ISO 3166 code	AF-SAR
Main languages	Dari-Persian, Uzbek and Turkmen

Sar-e Pol, also spelled Sari Pul (Dari/Pashto: سرپل), is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north of the country. It borders Ghor and Bamyan to the south, Samangan to the east, Balkh and Jowzjan to the north, and Faryab to the west. The province is divided into 7 districts and contains 896 villages. It has a population of about 632,000,^[2] which is multi-ethnic and mostly a tribal society. The province was created in 1988, with the support of northern Afghan politician Sayed Nasim Mihanparast.^[3] The city of Sar-e Pol serves as the provincial capital.

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

^ ^a ^b "د نږدې شلو ولایاتو لپاره نوي والیان او امنیې قوماندانان وټاکل شول". 7 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2021-22" (PDF). National Statistic and Information Authority (NSIA). April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
^ Neamatollah Nojumi (2002). The rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan: mass mobilization, civil war, and the future of the region. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 80–. ISBN 978-0-312-29584-4. Retrieved 30 March 2011.

[azamnews-1] "د نږدې شلو ولایاتو لپاره نوي والیان او امنیې قوماندانان وټاکل شول". 7 November 2021.

[nsia-2] "Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2021-22" (PDF). National Statistic and Information Authority (NSIA). April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2021.

[Nojumi2002-3] Neamatollah Nojumi (2002). The rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan: mass mobilization, civil war, and the future of the region. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 80–. ISBN 978-0-312-29584-4. Retrieved 30 March 2011.

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