Hazaristan
Hazaristan or Hazarajat (Dari Persian: هزارستان) is a large mountainous area in the central highlands of Afghanistan which is the main and the historical land of the Hazara people. Hazaristan areas including provinces such as Bamyan, Daykundi, Ghor, Ghazni, Urozgan, Maidan Wardak, Parwan, Samangan, Baghlan, Badghis and some other areas.
| File:US Army ethnolinguistic map of Afghanistan -- circa 2001-09.jpg The dark green area in the middle of Afghanistan represents Hazaristan. | |
| Area | Approx: 80,000 sq mi (207,199 km2) |
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| Population | Approx: 6,000,000–7,000,000[1] |
| Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Ethnicities | Hazara Tajik Pashtun Uzbek |
| Languages spoken | (Dari and Hazaragi) Pashto Uzbek |
Hazaristan Media
An AH-64 Apache helicopter shoots flares over a valley to support members of the 8th Commando Kandak and coalition special operations forces during a firefight in Kajran district, Daykundi Province.
Bamyan collage
Winters in central Afghanistan can be brutally cold with temperatures as low as −20 °C (−4.0 °F).
Statue of a bearded man with cap, probably Scythian, 3–4th century AD.
Behsudi Hazara chieftains in 1879