Maidan Wardak Province

Maidan Wardak Province (also spelled Maidan Wardag, or Maidan Vardak, Pashto: میدان وردګ Persian: میدان وردک, [Maidan warˈdak]) is one of thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the central east part of Afghanistan. About 540,100 people live in the province. The capital is Maidan Shar.

Maidan Wardak میدان وردک‎
Province
A settlement in Wardak along the road between Kabul and Bamiyan
Map of Afghanistan with Wardak highlighted
Coordinates (Capital): 34.4°N 68.4°E / 34.4; 68.4
Country	Afghanistan
Capital	Maidan Shar
Government
• Governor	Muhammad Amin Jan[1]
• Deputy Governor	Sher Ahmad Ammar[1]
• Police Chief	Sheikh Mohammad Sharif Halimi[2]
Area
• Total	10,348 km2 (3,995 sq mi)
• Land	10,348 km2 (3,995 sq mi)
• Water	0 km2 (0 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	671,817
• Density	65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Time)
ISO 3166 code	AF-WAR
Main languages	Pashto Hazaragi and Dari

Districts

Districts of Wardak.

Districts of Wardak Province

District	Capital	Population[4]	Area[5]	Ethnical data(%)[6]	Notes
Chak		83,376	1,273	100% Pashtuns
Day Mirdad		28,865		56% Hazaras, 44% Pashtuns
Hisa-I-Awali Bihsud		25,079		90% Hazaras, 10% Pashtuns
Jaghatu		46,667		88% Pashtuns, 22% Hazaras	Shifted from Ghazni Province in 2005
Jalrez		44,873		48% Pashtuns, 47% Hazaras, 5% Tajiks
Markazi Bihsud		94,328		85% Hazaras, 15% Pashtuns
Maidan Shar		35,008		85% Pashtuns, 14% Tajiks, 1% Hazaras
Narkh		56,354		80% Pashtuns, 15% Tajiks, 5% Hazaras
Saydabad		114,793	1,163	100% Pashtuns

References

1. "د نږدې شلو ولایاتو لپاره نوي والیان او امنیې قوماندانان وټاکل شول". 7 November 2021. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
2. https://moi.gov.af/ps/%D8%AF-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%DA%AB%D9%88-%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%84%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C-%D9%BC%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%84-%D8%B4%D9%88%DB%8C-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%AF-%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88-%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88-%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%88-%DA%A9%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84-%D9%84%D9%87-%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%AF
3. "Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2021-22" (PDF). National Statistic and Information Authority (NSIA). April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
4. http://www.mrrd.gov.af/nabdp/Provincial%20Profiles/Wardak%20PDP%20Provincial%20profile.pdf Archived 2009-07-03 at the Wayback Machine Wardak Provincial Profile - MRRD
5. "FAO in Afghanistan - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations". www.fao.org.
6. Ethnic demographic statistics taken from http://www.aims.org.af Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine