Daykundi Province

Daycundi دایکندی
Province
The town of Nili, the provincial center of Daykundi
Map of Afghanistan with Daikundi highlighted
Coordinates: 33°45′N 66°15′E / 33.75°N 66.25°E / 33.75; 66.25
Country	Afghanistan
Established	2004
Capital	Nili
Government
• Governor	Aminullah Zubair[1]
• Deputy Governor	Haji Sahib Rashid [2]
Area [3]
• Total	18,088 km2 (6,984 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[4]
• Total	525,529
Time zone	UTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Time)
Postal code	42XX
ISO 3166 code	AF-DAY
Main languages	Persian (Dari and Hazaragi)
Website	daikundi.gov.af

Daykundi (Dari: دایکندی), also spelled as Daikundi, Daikondi, or Daykondi, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central part of the country. It has a population of about 516,504 and is a Hazara dominated province.^[5]

Daykundi Province was carved out of the northern part of Uruzgan Province in 2004, becoming a separate province. It falls into the traditionally ethnic Hazara region known as the Hazaristan and the provincial capital is Nili. It is surrounded by Bamyan Province in the northeast, Ghazni Province in the southeast, Uruzgan Province in the south, Helmand Province in the southwest, and Ghor Province in the northwest.