Herat Province

Herat, Persian هرات, is a province ( velayat ) in western Afghanistan, in the valley of the Hari Rud. The province is bordered on the west by Iran and on the north by Turkmenistan, its capital is the eponymous city of Herat. The province has about 1.8 million inhabitants, most of them are assigned to the Tajik ethnic group. The language spoken in Herat variety of Persian spoken in Iran is similar to the Mashad dialect. Herat has a convenient location on the trade routes between Iran, India, China and Europe. The roads to Turkmenistan and Iran are still of strategic importance.

History

In ancient times was called the Aria region was inhabited by the same people of Iran. Later it was conquered by the Persians and the Persian Empire. Along with this, Herat was conquered by Alexander the Great. With the advent of Islam Herat was a center of Persian- Muslim culture. Middle of the 19th century, the region in the course of Anglo-Russian rivalry in Central Asia, the British sphere of interest, and thus the Afghans was awarded. Herat was territorially larger at this time, that is to say that today's western Afghanistan ( Farah, Nimrouz ) was one of Herat and Farah province, for example, was a city of Herat. Since it is a part of Afghanistan.

Language

Majority language of the province is the Persian language. The local dialect in Herat is called " Herati ". This dialect is still spoken in the provinces of Herat, next to Farah, Ghor and Nimrus, a related variety exists also in the Iranian Khorasan region. For example, a Herati says welcome: eschtowni ( " how are you "). This word eschtowni in the written language is called chetori correctly.

Districts

• Adraskan
• Chishti Sharif
• Farsi
• Ghorian
• Guzara
• Gulran
• Herat
• Kohsan
• Injil
• Karukh
• Kushk
• Kushki Kohna
• Obe
• Pashtun Zarhun
• Shindand
• Zinda jan

• District Kushk

Village

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