Herat

Herat (Persian: هرات, Herāt) is a city in Afghanistan. As of 2012, about 436,300 people live there.^[1] It is the third-largest city in Afghanistan. It is the capital of Herat Province. It is in the west of the country, close to the border of Iran. The spoken language in the city is called Herati Persian or just Herati.

1. ↑ "Settled Population of Herat province by Civil Division, Urban, Rural and Sex-2012-13" (PDF). Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Central Statistics Organization. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-23. Retrieved 2013-10-24.