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'''Farah''' ([[Pashto]]/{{lang-prs|فراه|Farā}}) is one of the 34 [[provinces of Afghanistan]], located in the southwestern<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nps.edu/web/ccs/farah|title = Farah - Program for Culture and Conflict Studies - Naval Postgraduate School}}</ref> part of the country next to [[Iran]]. It is a spacious and sparsely populated province, divided into eleven [[Districts of Afghanistan|districts]] and contains hundreds of villages. It has a population of about 563,026,<ref name=nsia/> which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural [[Pashtun tribes|tribal]] society. The [[Farah Airport]] is located near the city of [[Farah, Afghanistan|Farah]], which serves as the capital of the province. Farah is linked with Iran via the Iranian border town of [[Mahirud]]. The province famous tourism sites include Pul Garden, New Garden, Kafee Garden, shrine of Sultan Amir and Kafer castle are from sightseeing places of Farah province [https://tourism.gov.af/farah.php#:~:text=Pul%20Garden%2C%20New%20Garden%2C%20Kafee,sightseeing%20places%20of%20Farah%20province.&text=Weaving%20of%20carpet%20is%20one,exported%20it%20to%20Europe%20markets.]
Geographically the province is approximately {{convert|48000|km2|sqmi}}, making it (comparatively) more than twice the size of [[Maryland]], or half the size of [[South Korea]]. The province is bounded on the north by [[Herat Province|Herat]], on the northeast by [[Ghor Province|Ghor]], the southeast by [[Helmand Province|Helmand]], the south by [[Nimroz Province|Nimroz]], and on the west by Iran. It is the fourth largest province in Afghanistan by area size, but the second least densely populated province. Farah was part of the [[Greater Kandahar]] region
==History==
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