Samangan Province

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
سمنگان
Samangan Province
Location of Samangan within Afghanistan
Country Afghanistan
CapitalAybak
Government
  GovernorAbdul Rahman Muslim Kunduzi
  Deputy GovernorAbdul Manan
Area
  Total11,262 km2 (4,348 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Total438,235
  Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+04:30 (Afghanistan Time)
Postal code
20xx
ISO 3166 codeAF-SAM
Main language(s)Persian, Uzbeki and Turkmeni

Samangan province is divided into 7 districts and contains 674 villages. It has a population of about 325,000 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.

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