Governorates of Gandhara
Gandhara is divided for administrative purposes into 30 governorates (Arabic: محافظة muḥāfaẓah; pl. محافظات muḥāfaẓāt). Gandhari governorates are the top tier of the country's four-tier jurisdiction hierarchy. The governorates are subdivided into districts. A governorate is administered by a governor, who is appointed by the President of Gandhara and serves at the president's discretion.
List of the Gandhari governorates
Map ref. | Name | Capital | Area (km²) | Population |
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1 | Abyad | Hayyan | 22,847 | 439,470 |
2 | Adnan | Palmyra | 5,347 | 313,008 |
3 | Badawi | Sami al-Jnan | 3,854 | 382,275 |
4 | Balochistan | Khushk | 68,759 | 2,234,528 |
5 | Bayazidi | Suran | 26,784 | 322,126 |
6 | Bazegha | Kazmi | 29,496 | 5,723,225 |
7 | Caesarea | Jazari | 27,516 | 402,652 |
8 | Dabbagh | Wada | 10,305 | 129,554 |
9 | Dimashqi | Sayed | 21,829 | 409,018 |
10 | Dinawar | Seriyas | 27,891 | 212,456 |
11 | Farabi | Maslamah | 20,747 | 2,921,431 |
12 | Haydar | Rahman | 40,668 | 488,637 |
13 | Kashani | Thahabi | 10,940 | 128,330 |
14 | Khani | Erdelan | 38,293 | 633,274 |
15 | Khuzaymah | Shatir | 15,322 | 398,263 |
16 | Kirmani | Khaldun | 32,444 | 328,268 |
17 | Maajid | Abia | 7,776 | 563,711 |
18 | Malekian | Sameera | 28,583 | 643,821 |
19 | Mawardi | Behremend | 23,739 | 489,225 |
20 | Miskawayh | Hanafi | 9,223 | 389,104 |
21 | Morteza | Hayat | 21,568 | 629,343 |
22 | Nasr | Manas | 3,699 | 6,423,115 |
23 | Qumi | Tabatabaei | 19,596 | 266,467 |
24 | Sabbah | Arkoun | 17,741 | 617,529 |
25 | Sadarak | Soroush | 31,821 | 412,313 |
26 | Sadat | Rhea | 31,225 | 4,958,144 |
27 | Sijistan | Zafar | 25,272 | 451,965 |
28 | Tayran | Araz | 21,571 | 272,104 |
29 | Umayyah | Quraysh | 13,671 | 117,629 |
30 | Wakra | Saif al-Din | 13,645 | 413,622 |
Total | 672,172 | 32,114,607 |