Maidan Shar
city in Wardak province, Afghanistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maidan Shar (Pashto: میدان ښار - Maidān Šhār;[1][2][3] Persian: میدان شهر; also Maydan, Meydan, Maidan) is the capital of Wardak Province, Afghanistan. About 35,008 people live in the town as of 2003.[4]
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On 21 January 2019, over 100 people were killed in a terrorist attack.
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Economy
Most of the people in Maidan Shar do agriculture, livestock, gardening and trade. Many of the people are poor.
Education
By the end of 2008, there were a total of 14 schools with about 9268 students. There were about 275 teachers teaching in these schools.[5]
People
- Zarifa Ghafari, former mayor of Maidan Shar, was one of the first female Mayors in Afghanistan [6]
References
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