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Jowzjan

Jowzjan, also known as Jawzjan or Jozjan, and historically known as Gowzgan or Guzgan, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north of the country bordering neighboring .
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  • Type: State with 441,000 residents
  • Description: province of Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Jawzjan Province”, “Jowzjan Province”, “Jōzjān”, “Jozjan Province”, “Shibarghan”, “Shiberghan”, “Velāyat-e Jowzajān”, “Velāyat-e Jowzjān”, and “Wilayat-e Jowzjan”
  • Neighbors:

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 Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Jowzjan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الجوزجان”
  • Arabic: “ولاية جوزجان”
  • Arabic: “ولايه 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: “Jowzjan Séng”
  • Chinese: “朱兹詹省”
  • Chinese: “朱茲詹省”
  • Chinese: “祖茲贊省”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Cüzcan (vilâyet)”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Cüzcan”
  • Czech: “Džúzdžán”
  • Danish: “Jowzjan”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Cewzcan”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Cuzcan”
  • Dutch: “Dzjodzjan”
  • Dutch: “Jowzjan”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝuzĝano”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Ĝuzĝan”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Ĝuzĝan”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Ĝuzĝano”
  • Estonian: “Jowzjan”
  • Estonian: “Jowzjān”
  • Estonian: “Jowzjani provints”
  • Estonian: “Jowzjāni provints”
  • Finnish: “Džouzdžanin maakunta”
  • Finnish: “Jowzjanin maakunta”
  • French: “Djouzdjân”
  • French: “Djozdjan”
  • French: “Djôzdjân”
  • Georgian: “ჯუზჯანის პროვინცია”
  • German: “AF-JOW”
  • German: “Dschuzdschan”
  • German: “Jauzjan”
  • German: “Jawzjan”
  • German: “Jowsjan”
  • German: “Jowzjan”
  • German: “Juzjan”
  • German: “جوزجان”
  • Greek: “Ντζαουζντζάν”
  • Greek: “Τζοουζτζάν”
  • Gujarati: “જોઝજન”
  • 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”
  • Kannada: “ಜೋವ್ಜನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Жауызжан”
  • 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: “जोओय्जान प्रदेश”
  • Newari: “जोजजान प्रान्त, अफगानिस्तान”
  • Newari: “जोजजान प्रान्त”
  • Northern Luri: “آستون جوزجان”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jowzjan”
  • Norwegian: “Jowzjan”
  • Ossetian: “Джаузджан”
  • Panjabi: “ਜੁਜ਼ਜਾਨ ਸੂਬ”
  • Panjabi: “ਜੋਜਾਨ”
  • Persian: “استان جوزجان”
  • Persian: “جوزجان”
  • Persian: “جوزجانان”
  • Persian: “دانشگاه جوزجان‎‎”
  • Persian: “گوزگان”
  • Persian: “گوزگانان”
  • Persian: “ولایت جوزجان”
  • Persian: “ولایت گوزگان”
  • Polish: “Dżozdżan”
  • Polish: “Jowzjan”
  • Portuguese: “Josjã”
  • Portuguese: “Jowzjan”
  • Portuguese: “Jozjan”
  • Pushto: “جوزجان ولايت”
  • Pushto: “جوزجان”
  • Pushto: “د جوزجان ولايت”
  • Romanian: “provincia Jowzjan”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Jowzjan”
  • Russian: “Гузганан”
  • Russian: “Джаузджан”
  • Russian: “Джузджан”
  • Scots: “Jowzjan Province”
  • Serbian: “Provincija Đuzan”
  • Serbian: “Провинција Ђузан”
  • Serbian: “Џаузџан”
  • Sindhi: “جوزجان صوبو”
  • Sinhala: “ජෝස්ජාන්”
  • Slovenian: “provinca Jowzjan, Afganistan”
  • Slovenian: “provinca Jowzjan”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جوزجان ویلایت”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جوزجان ویلایتی”
  • Spanish: “Jawzjān”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Jawzjan”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Jawzjān”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Yauzyán”
  • Sundanese: “Propinsi Jowzjan”
  • Swedish: “Jowzjan”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Jowzjan”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Çūzçon”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Ҷувзҷон”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Ҷӯзҷон”
  • Tamil: “ஜோவ்ஸ்ஜன்”
  • Tamil: “ஜௌஸ்ஜான் மாகாணம்”
  • Telugu: “జోవ్‌జాన్”
  • Thai: “ซินต์มาร์เติน”
  • Turkish: “Cüzcan Vilayeti”
  • Turkish: “Cuzcan”
  • Turkish: “Cüzcan”
  • Uighur: “جوزجان ۋىلايىتى”
  • Ukrainian: “Джаузджан”
  • Urdu: “صوبہ جوزجان”
  • Uzbek: “Joʻzjon”
  • Vietnamese: “Jowzjan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Jowzjan”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ جوزجان”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع جوزجان”
  • Wu Chinese: “朱兹詹省”
  • Yue Chinese: “祖茲贊省”

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