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Dawlat Yar دولت یار
District
Dawlat YarLocation within Afghanistan
Coordinates: 34°35′N 65°45′E / 34.58°N 65.75°E / 34.58; 65.75
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Ghor
Center	Delak
Elevation	2,400 m (7,900 ft)
Population
• Total	31,800

Dawlat Yar is a district in Ghor Province, Afghanistan. It was created in 2005 from the southeastern part of Chaghcharan District. The administrative center of the district is Delak, but the largest town is Dawlat Yar (34°33′07″N 65°47′11″E / 34.5519°N 65.7864°E / 34.5519; 65.7864) at 2503 m altitude.

The population of the district was estimated at 31,800 in 2012, and the electorate 23,767 in 2009. The district is mountainous, with extremely severe weather conditions during the winter causing roads to be blocked with snow for weeks. The majority of this district are Hazaras.

References

1. "District Names". National Democratic Institute. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
2. ^ "Settled Population of Ghor Province" (PDF). Central Statistics Organization. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
3. "2009 Election". National Democratic Institute. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.

v t e Ghor Province
Capital: Chaghcharan
Districts	Chaghcharan Charsadda Dawlat Yar Du Layna La wa Sarjangal Marghab Pasaband Saghar Shahrak Taywara Tulak
Populated places	Āb Bārīk Chaghcharan Dahan-e Falezak Delak Kwajaha Lal wa Sarjangal Puni Qale-Zobayd Saghar Shinkot Taywara Titan Yakhan-e 'Ulya
Other	Governors Chaghcharan Airport Ghor University Minaret of Jam Taywara Airport

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