Turkman Valley Explained

Official Name:Turkman Valley
Native Name:دره ترکمون
Settlement Type:Valley
Pushpin Map:Afghanistan
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Afghanistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name1:Parwan
Subdivision Name2:Surkhi Parsa
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank1:Hazara people
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Population Blank2:Islam
Timezone:+ 4.30

Turkman Valley or Dare-e Turkman (Persian: دره ترکمن; 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]

Demographics

The Turkman valley is populated by Hazaras. They speak the Hazaragi dialect of Persian.[4]

Notable people

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dareturkman . 2017-06-22 . www.google.com.
  2. Web site: Darah-ye Turkaman . 2018-05-22 . www.geonames.org . en.
  3. Book: [[Baburnama|Memories of Babur]], [[Babur]] (Emperor of . Memoirs of Zehir-ed-Din Muhammed Baber, Emperor of Hindustan . 1826 . Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, ... and Cadell and Company, ... Edinburgh. Printed by James Ballantyne and Company Edinburgh. . en.
  4. News: Turkman valley of Parwan . fa-IR . afghanistanema.com . 2018-05-22.