For places in Iran, see Samangan, Iran (disambiguation).
Province in Afghanistan
Samangan
سمنگان
Province
Samangan Province
Location of Samangan within Afghanistan
Country
Afghanistan
Capital
Aybak
Government
• Governor
Abdul Rahman Muslim Kunduzi[1]
• Deputy Governor
Abdul Manan[2]
Area
• Total
13,438 km2 (5,188 sq mi)
Population
(2021)[3]
• Total
438,235
• Density
33/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+04:30 (Afghanistan Time)
Postal code
20xx
ISO 3166 code
AF-SAM
Main language(s)
Persian, Uzbeki and Turkmeni
Samangan (Dari: سمنگان; Pashto: سمنګان) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located north of the Hindu Kush mountains in the central part of the country. The province covers 11,218 square kilometres (4,331 sq mi) and is surrounded by Sar-e Pol Province in the west, Balkh in the north, Baghlan in the east, and Bamyan in the south.
Samangan province is divided into 7 districts and contains 674 villages.[4] It has a population of about 325,000 [1][3] which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. The city of Aybak serves as the provincial capital.
In 2021, the Taliban gained control of the province during the 2021 Taliban offensive.
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