Kandahar Province

Kandahar or Qandahar (Pashto: کندھار or قندهار‎) (Persie: قندهار‎) is ane o the lairgest o the thirty-fower provinces o Afghanistan. It is locatit in soothren Afghanistan, atween Helmand, Oruzgan an Zabul provinces. Its caipital is the ceety o Kandahar, which is locatit on the Arghandab River. The province haes a population o nearly 913,000, wi ower 800,000 livin in its caipital ceety. The main inhabitants o Kandahar province are the Pashtuns.

Map o Afghanistan wi Kandahar heichlichtit

Name

There is speculation aboot the oreegin o the name "Kandahar". It is believed that Kandahar bears Alexander's name, an derives frae the Pashto renderin o Iskandariya or Alexandria.^[1] A temple tae the deifee'd Alexander as well as an inscription in Greek an Aramaic bi the emperor Ashoka, who lived a few decades later, hae been discovered in the auld citadel.^[2] Alternatively, it is believed that "Kandahar" mey derive its name frae Gandhara, an auncient kinrick alang the modren Kashmir an Afghanistan border,^[3] and former satrapy of the Persian Empire.^[4][5] It is suggestit that fowk o Gandhara migratit sooth tae Arachosia an transferred the name wi them.^[6]

Destricts

The follaein is a leet o the destricts o Kandahar Province:

Destricts o Kandahar.

Destricts o Kandahar Province

Destrict	Caipital	Population[7]	Aurie[8]	Notes
Arghandab		51,600
Arghistan		28,900
Daman		24,800
Ghorak		8,000
Kandahar		468,200
Khakrez		19,200
Maruf		27,700
Maywand		40,700
Miyan Nasheen		12,600		Creatit in 2005 athin Shah Wali Kot Destrict
Naish		11,300		Transferred frae Oruzgan Province in 2005
Panjwaye		82,800
Reg		1,600
Shah Wali Kot		36,400		Sub-divided in 2005
Shorabak		9,600
Spin Boldak		41,000
Zhari		49,500		Creatit in 2005 frae pairts o Maywand an Panjwaye Destricts