Takhar Province
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36.769.5Coordinates: 36° 42′ N, 69° 30′ E
Tachar (pashtu/Persian تخار, DMG Taḫār; in English transliteration Takhar; also Toḫār) is a province (velayat) in northern Afghanistan on the border with Tajikistan.
It has 983,300 inhabitants.
The name of the province derives from the Tocharians, who once ruled the region as the "Dynasty of Kushana" (cf. Yuezhi and Tocharistan).
View from Khojabahwoddin to the south
Administration breakdown
The province of Tachar is divided into 17 districts (woluswali):
- Bangi
- Baharak
- Chah Ab
- Chal
- Darqad
- Dashte-Qala
- Farkhar
- Hazar Samoch
- Ishkamish
- Kalafgan
- Khojabahwoddin
- Khwaja Ghar
- Namak Ab
- Rustaq
- Taloqan
- Warsaj
- Yangi Qala
