Farah (
Pashto/
Persian:
فراه) is one of the 34
provinces of
Afghanistan, located in the western part of the country next to
Iran. It is a spacious and sparsely populated province, divided into eleven
districts and contains hundreds of villages. It has a population of about 925,016, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural
tribal society. The
Farah Airport is located near the city of
Farah, which serves as the capital of the province.