Place:Oruzgan, Afghanistan

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NameOruzgan
Alt namesOruzgansource: Wikipedia
Orūzgānsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Orūzgān provincesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Uruzgānsource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) p 10
TypeProvince
Coordinates33.25°N 66.0°E
Located inAfghanistan
Contained Places
District
Deh Rahwod
Inhabited place
Gizab
Oruzgan
Sakhar
Tarīn Kowt
Towrzī
Wanow
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Uruzgan (Pashto: ; Dari), also spelled as Urozgan or Oruzgan, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. Uruzgan is located in the center of the country. The population is 436,079,[1] and the province is mostly a tribal society. Tarinkot serves as the capital of the province.

In 2004, the new Daykundi Province was carved out of an area in the north. Uruzgan borders the provinces of Kandahar, Daykundi, Ghazni, Zabul, and Helmand.

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