Nimruz Province
Nimruz or Nimroz is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the southwestern part of the country. It lies to the east of the Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran and north of Balochistan, Pakistan, also bordering the Afghan provinces of Farah and Helmand. It has a population of about 630,000 people. The province is divided into five districts, encompassing about 649 villages. The city of Zaranj serves as the provincial capital and Zaranj... Show more Airport, which is located by that city, serves as a domestic airport for the province. The recently-built Kamal Khan Dam is located in Chahar Burjak District. The name Nimruz means "mid-day" or "half-day" in Persian. The name is believed to indicate that the meridian cutting the old world in half passes through this region. Nimruz covers 43,000 km². It is the most sparsely populated province in the country, located in the Sistan Basin. A substantial...