Qataghan Province (Persian: قطغن) was a province of Afghanistan which became defunct in 1963, when it was divided into the current Baghlan Province, Kunduz Province, and Takhar Province.^[1]

Qataghan Province ولایت قطغن
Province of Afghanistan
19th century–1963
Capital	Baghlan
Demonym	Qataghan or Qataghani
Area
• Coordinates	36°43′44″N 68°51′25″E / 36.7289°N 68.8569°E / 36.7289; 68.8569
• Type	Province
History
• Established	19th century
• Disestablished	1963
Succeeded by Takhar Province Kunduz Province Takhar Province
Today part of	Afghanistan

From the 19th century to 1963 Qataghan and neighboring Badakhshan Province were united into a single province called Qataghan-Badakhshan Province. It was ruled by a single governor and was divided into two separate provinces in 1963.^[1] The capital of Qataghan Province was Baghlan, now a city in the north of Baghlan Province.

Etymology[edit]

Historian William Maley stated that the removal of the term "Qataghan" upon the division of the area was part of a deliberate process to remove ethnic identities from administrative names, drawing a comparison with the division and renaming of Hazarajat, homeland of the ethnic Hazaras.^[2]

Music[edit]

Qataghani style songs were born in Qataghan Province.

Population[edit]

Large population of Qataghan people are in Baghlan the capital of Qataghan province living into Darah Nikpai.

Economy[edit]

Mostly rice farming, since 2003 people starting grapes farming, there are also few gold mines in Baghlan.

See also[edit]

• Qataghan-Badakhshan Province

Further reading[edit]

• Burhanuddin Kushkaki. Rāhnamā-yi Qaṭaghan va Badakhshān. Kabul: Vizarat-i Ḥarbiyah, 1923.
• “Kataghan” in Ludwig W. Adamec. Historical and political gazetteer of Afghanistan Vol. 1. Badakhshan Province and northeastern Afghanistan. Graz: Akad. Druck- und Verl.-Anst., 1972. pp. 94–96.

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