Hazarajat
34°49′00″N 67°49′00″E / 34.8167°N 67.8167°E
The Hazaristan flag typically associated with the region. | |
| Area | Approx: 80,000 sq mi (207,199 km2) |
|---|---|
| Population | circa 8,000,000 |
| Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Provinces within Hazaristan | Bamyan, Daikundi and large parts of Ghor, Ghazni, Uruzgan, Parwan, Maidan Wardak, and more. |
| Ethnicity | Hazaras |
| Languages spoken | Dari and Hazaragi (eastern dialects of Persian) |
| Part of a series on |
| Hazaras |
|---|
|
|
|
WikiProject Category Commons |
Hazarajat (Persian: هزارهجات, romanized: Hazārajāt), also known as Hazaristan (Persian: هزارستان, romanized: Hazāristān) is a mostly mountainous region in the central highlands of Afghanistan, among the Kuh-e Baba mountains in the western extremities of the Hindu Kush. It is the homeland of the Hazara people, who make up the majority of its population. Hazarajat denotes an ethnic and religious zone.
Hazarajat is primarily made up of the provinces of Bamyan, Daikundi and large parts of Ghor, Ghazni, Uruzgan, Parwan, Maidan Wardak, and more. The most populous towns in Hazarajat are Bamyan, Yakawlang (Bamyan), Nili (Daikundi), Lal wa Sarjangal (Ghor), Sang-e-Masha (Ghazni), Gizab (Daikundi) and Behsud (Maidan Wardak). The Kabul, Arghandab, Helmand, Farah, Hari, Murghab, Balkh, and Kunduz rivers originate from Hazarajat.