Jowzjan

Juzjan, also spelled Jozjan or Jowzjan, and historically known as Guzgan, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north of the country bordering neighboring . is the capital of Jowzjan province.
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  • Type: State with 441,000 residents
  • Description: province of Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “AF-JOW”, “Djouzdjân”, “Dzjodzjan”, “Ĝuzĝano”, “Jauzjan”, “Jawzjan Province”, “Jowsjan”, “Jowzjān”, “Jowzjan Province”, “Jowzjani provints”, “Jozjan”, “Jōzjān”, “Jozjan Province”, “Juzjan”, “Juzjan Province”, “Provincia de Jawzjan”, “Provincia de Jawzjān”, “provinco Ĝuzĝano”, “Shibarghan”, “Shiberghan”, “Velāyat-e Jowzajān”, “Velāyat-e Jowzjān”, “Wilayat-e Jowzjan”, “Вилояти Ҷувзҷон”, “Гузганан”, “Джузджан”, “استان جوزجان”, “الجوزجان”, “جوزجانان”, “د جوزجان ولايت”, “ضلع جوزجان”, “گوزگان”, “گوزگانان”, “ولايه جوزجان”, “ولایت گوزگان”, and “जोओय्जान प्रदेश”
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Jowzjan

Latitude
36.9666° or 36° 57′ 60″ north
Longitude
65.956° or 65° 57′ 22″ east
Population
441,000
Elevation
309 metres (1,014 feet)
Open location code
8J87XX84+JC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 312470042
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1139049
Wiki­data ID
Q183036
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Jowzjan” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ጆውዝጃን”
  • Arabic: “ولاية جوزجان”
  • Asturian: “Jawzjan”
  • Asturian: “Jowzjan”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cövzcan vilayəti”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cövzcan”
  • Basque: “Jowzjan probintzia”
  • Belarusian: “Джаўзджан”
  • Belarusian: “Правінцыя Джаўзджан”
  • Bengali: “জওজান প্রদেশ”
  • Bulgarian: “Джаузджан”
  • Catalan: “província de Jowzjan”
  • Catalan: “Província de Jowzjan”
  • Cebuano: “Wilāyat-e Jowzjān”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای جوزجان”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای جۆزجان”
  • Chinese: “朱兹詹省”
  • Chinese: “朱茲詹省”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Cüzcan (vilâyet)”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Cüzcan”
  • Czech: “Džúzdžán”
  • Danish: “Jowzjan”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Cewzcan”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Cuzcan”
  • Dutch: “Jowzjan”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Ĝuzĝan”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Ĝuzĝan”
  • Estonian: “Jowzjāni provints”
  • Finnish: “Džouzdžanin maakunta”
  • Finnish: “Jowzjanin maakunta”
  • French: “Djozdjan”
  • French: “Djôzdjân”
  • Georgian: “ჯუზჯანის პროვინცია”
  • German: “Dschuzdschan”
  • Greek: “Ντζαουζντζάν”
  • Greek: “Τζοουζτζάν”
  • Gujarati: “જોઝજન”
  • Hausa: “Jowzjan”
  • Hebrew: “ג’וזג’אן”
  • Hindi: “जोज़जान प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “जोज़जान”
  • Hungarian: “Dzsuzdzsán”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Jowzjan”
  • Italian: “Jowzjan”
  • Japanese: “ジューズジャーン州”
  • Japanese: “ジョウズジャーン州”
  • Javanese: “Jowzjan”
  • Kannada: “ಜೋವ್ಜನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Жауызжан”
  • Kazakh: “Жоўзжан”
  • Kirghiz: “Жўзжан”
  • Korean: “주즈잔 주”
  • Korean: “주즈잔주”
  • Latvian: “Džouzdžāna”
  • Latvian: “Džouzdžānas province”
  • Lithuanian: “Džouzdžano provincija”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Jowzjan”
  • Marathi: “जोज्जन”
  • Mazanderani: “جوزجان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Jowzjan Séng”
  • Minangkabau: “Provinsi Jowzjan”
  • Mongolian: “Жаузжан аймаг”
  • Mongolian: “Жаузжан муж”
  • Newari: “जोजजान प्रान्त, अफगानिस्तान”
  • Newari: “जोजजान प्रान्त”
  • Northern Frisian: “Djuuzdjaan”
  • Northern Luri: “آستون جوزجان”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jowzjan”
  • Norwegian: “Jowzjan”
  • Oromo: “Jowzjan”
  • Ossetian: “Джаузджан”
  • Panjabi: “ਜੁਜ਼ਜਾਨ ਸੂਬ”
  • Panjabi: “ਜੋਜਾਨ”
  • Persian: “ولایت جوزجان”
  • Polish: “Dżozdżan”
  • Portuguese: “Josjã”
  • Portuguese: “Jowzjan”
  • Pushto: “جوزجان ولايت”
  • Romanian: “provincia Jowzjan”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Jowzjan”
  • Russian: “Джаузджан”
  • Scots: “Jowzjan Province”
  • Serbian: “Provincija Đuzan”
  • Serbian: “Провинција Ђузан”
  • Serbian: “Џаузџан”
  • Sindhi: “جوزجان صوبو”
  • Sinhala: “ජෝස්ජාන්”
  • Slovenian: “provinca Jowzjan, Afganistan”
  • Slovenian: “provinca Jowzjan”
  • Somali: “Jowzjan”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جوزجان ویلایت”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جوزجان ویلایتی”
  • Spanish: “Jawzjān”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Yauzyán”
  • Sundanese: “Propinsi Jowzjan”
  • Swahili: “Jowzjan”
  • Swedish: “Jowzjan”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Jowzjan”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Çūzçon”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Ҷӯзҷон”
  • Tamil: “ஜோவ்ஸ்ஜன்”
  • Tamil: “ஜௌஸ்ஜான் மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Жүзжан”
  • Telugu: “జోవ్‌జాన్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดโจซจาน”
  • Thai: “ซินต์มาร์เติน”
  • Turkish: “Cüzcan Vilayeti”
  • Turkish: “Cüzcan”
  • Uighur: “جوزجان ۋىلايىتى”
  • Ukrainian: “Джаузджан”
  • Urdu: “صوبہ جوزجان”
  • Uzbek: “Joʻzjon”
  • Vietnamese: “Jowzjan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Jowzjan”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ جوزجان”
  • Wu Chinese: “朱兹詹省”
  • Yue Chinese: “祖茲贊省”

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