Turkman Valley or Dare-e Turkman (Persian: دره ترکمن; Hazaragi: دره ترکمون) is a valley in Afghanistan, located in Surkhi Parsa District, Parwan Province in Hazarajat region, which is inhabited by the Hazaras.[1][2][3]
Turkman Valley
دره ترکمون | |
|---|---|
  Turkman Valley | |
| Coordinates: 34°53′46″N 68°39′07″E / 34.896°N 68.652°E | |
| Country | Afghanistan |
| Province | Parwan |
| District | Surkhi Parsa |
| Population | |
| • Ethnicities | Hazara people |
| • Religions | Islam |
| Time zone | + 4.30 |
Demographics edit
The Turkman valley is populated by Hazaras. They speak the Hazaragi dialect of Persian.[4][3]
History edit
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References edit
- ^ "Dareturkman". www.google.com. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ "Darah-ye Turkaman". www.geonames.org. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ^ a b Memories of Babur, Babur (Emperor of (1826). Memoirs of Zehir-ed-Din Muhammed Baber, Emperor of Hindustan. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, ... and Cadell and Company, ... Edinburgh. Printed by James Ballantyne and Company Edinburgh.
- ^ "Turkman valley of Parwan". afghanistanema.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2018-05-22.