Hazarajat
Hazaristan region shown within Afghanistan | |
| Area | Approx: 80,000 sq mi (207,199 km2) |
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| Population | circa 12,000,000 |
| Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Provinces within Hazaristan | Bamyan, Daykundi and large parts of Ghor, Ghazni, Uruzgan, Parwan, Maidan Wardak, and more. |
| Ethnicity | Hazaras |
| Languages spoken | Dari and Hazaragi (eastern dialects of Persian) |
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Hazaristan (Persian: هزارستان, romanized: Hazāristān), also known as Hazarajat (Persian: هزارهجات, romanized: Hazārajāt) is a mostly mountainous region in the central highlands of Afghanistan, among the Kuh-e Baba mountains in the western extremities of the Hindu Kush. It is the homeland of the Hazara people who make up the majority of its population. Hazarajat denotes an ethnic and religious zone.
Hazarajat is primarily made up of the provinces of Bamyan, Daykundi and large parts of Ghor, Ghazni, Uruzgan, Parwan, Maidan Wardak and more. The most populous towns in Hazarajat are Bamyan, Yakawlang (Bamyan), Nili (Daykundi), Lal wa Sarjangal (Ghor), Sang-e-Masha (Ghazni), Gizab (Uruzgan) and Behsud (Maidan Wardak). The Kabul, Arghandab, Helmand, Farah, Hari, Murghab, Balkh and Kunduz rivers originate from Hazarajat.