Qataghan Province (Persian: قطغن) was a province of Afghanistan which became defunct in 1963, when it was divided into the current Baghlan Province, Kunduz Province, and Takhar Province.[1]
| Native Name: | ولایت قطغن |
| Conventional Long Name: | Qataghan Province |
| Common Name: | Qataghan |
| Subdivision: | Province |
| Nation: | Afghanistan |
| S1: | Takhar Province |
| S2: | Kunduz Province |
| S3: | Takhar Province |
| Capital: | Baghlan |
| Government Type: | Province |
| Year Start: | 19th century |
| Year End: | 1963 |
| Today: | Afghanistan |
| Demonym: | Qataghan or Qataghani |
From the 19th century to 1963 Qataghan and neighboring Badakhshan Province were united into a single province called Qataghan-Badakhshan Province. It was ruled by a single governor and was divided into two separate provinces in 1963. The capital of Qataghan Province was Baghlan, now a city in the north of Baghlan Province.
Historian William Maley stated that the removal of the term "Qataghan" upon the division of the area was part of a deliberate process to remove ethnic identities from administrative names, drawing a comparison with the division and renaming of Hazarajat, homeland of the ethnic Hazaras.[2]
Qataghani style songs were born in Qataghan Province.
Large population of Qataghan people are in Baghlan the capital of Qataghan province living into Darah Nikpai.
Mostly rice farming, since 2003 people starting grapes farming, there are also few gold mines in Baghlan.