Provinsi Laghman
Laghman
لغمان | |
|---|---|
 Tanaman hijau yang berdiri subur sangat kontras dengan gurun di sekitarnya di Provinsi Laghman | |
 Peta Afganistan di mana Laghman diberi tanda | |
| Koordinat (Ibu kota): 34°40′N 70°12′E / 34.66°N 70.20°E | |
| Negara |  Afganistan |
| Ibu kota | Mihtarlam |
| Pemerintahan | |
| • Gubernur | Muhammad Asif Nang |
| Luas | |
| • Total | 3.842,6 km2 (14,836 sq mi) |
| Populasi (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 445.588 |
| • Kepadatan | 12/km2 (30/sq mi) |
| Zona waktu | UTC+4:30 |
| Kode ISO 3166 | AF-LAG |
| Bahasa utama | |
Laghman (Pashto/Persia: لغمان) adalah sebuah provinsi dari negara Afganistan yang berada di sisi timur negara tersebut. Jumlah penduduk yang tinggal di provinsi ini sejumlah 445.600,[1] yang merupakan multi-etnis dan mayoritas merupakan wilayah perdesaan. Kota Mihtarlam merupakan ibu kota dari provinsi ini. Sejumlah dokumen sejarah menuliskan provinsi ini sebagai "Lamghan" atau sebagai "Lamghanat".
Sejarah
Di Museum Kabul saat ini terdapat sebuah prasasti Aram yang ditemukan di Laghman yang menunjukkan rute perdagangan kuno dari India ke Palmyra.[2] Bahasa Aram adalah bahasa tertulis terkait pemerintahan di Achaemenid yang pengaruhnya meluas ke Laghman.[3] Selama invasi yang dilancarkan oleh Aleksander Agung, daerah itu dikenal sebagai Lampaka.[4]
Inscriptions in Aramaic dating from the Mauryan Dynasty were found in Laghman which discussed the conversion of Ashoka to Buddhism.[5] The inscription mentions that the distance to Palmyra is 300 dhanusha or yojana.
The Mahamayuri Tantra dated to between 1-3rd century mentions a number of popular Yaksha shrines. It mentions Yaksh Kalahapriya being worshipped in Lampaka.[6]
Healthcare
The percentage of households with clean drinking water fell from 39% in 2005 to 34% in 2011.[7] The percentage of births attended to by a skilled birth attendant increased from 3% in 2005 to 36% in 2011.[7]
Education
The overall literacy rate (6+ years of age) increased from 14% in 2005 to 26% in 2011.[7] The overall net enrolment rate (6–13 years of age) increased from 48% in 2005 to 52% in 2011.[7]
Demography
The total population of the province is about 424,100, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society.[1] According to the Naval Postgraduate School, as of 2010 the ethnic groups of the province are as follows: 51.3% Pashtun, 21.7% Tajik, 27% Pashai and Nuristani (Kata).[8][9] The people of Laghman are overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim.
Referensi
- ^ a b c "Settled Population of Laghman province by Civil Division, Urban, Rural and Sex-2012-13" (PDF). Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Central Statistics Organization. Diakses tanggal 2013-06-17.
- ^ Rahel, Shafie. "Cultural policy in Afghanistan; Studies and documents on cultural policies; 1975" (PDF). UNESCO.
- ^ "AŚOKA, Mauryan emperor of India". iranicaonline.org.
- ^ Henning, W. B. (2 April 2018). "The Aramaic Inscription of Asoka Found in Lampāka". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 13 (1): 80–88. JSTOR 609063.
- ^ Kurt A. Behrend. Handbuch Der Orientalistik: India. The Buddhist Architecture of Gandhara, Part 2, Volume 1. hlm. 39.
- ^ THE MAHAMAYURI VIDYARAJNI SUTRA 佛母大孔雀明王經, Translated into English by Cheng Yew Chung based on Amoghavajra’s Chinese Translation (Taisho Volume 19, Number 982)
- ^ a b c d Archive, Civil Military Fusion Centre Diarsipkan 2014-05-31 di Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Welcome - Naval Postgraduate School" (PDF). www.nps.edu. Diakses tanggal 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Laghman Province". Program for Culture & Conflict Studies. Naval Postgraduate School. Diakses tanggal 2013-06-16.
Templat:Provinces of Afghanistan Templat:Districts of Laghman
