Place:Ghowr, Afghanistan

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NameGhowr
Alt namesGhorsource: Wikipedia
Ghowrsource: Wikipedia
Ghursource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 442
TypeProvince
Coordinates34.0°N 65.0°E
Located inAfghanistan
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Chaghcharan
Dahan-e Qowmghi
Dowlat Yar
Khvajeh Ra'uf
Shahrak
Teyvareh
Tulak
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Ghōr (Dari/Pashto: ), also spelled Ghowr or Ghur, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is located in the western Hindu Kush in central Afghanistan, towards the north-west. The province contains eleven districts, encompassing hundreds of villages, and approximately 764,472 settled people.[1] Firuzkoh, (called Chaghcharan until 2014) serves as the capital of the province.

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