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//land:// 647,500 sq km //water:// 0 sq km || Tajiks(27%)- are the second largest ethnic group, they are identified with agriculture and town life.**
 * Ronald**-{ lesson1 handout 1.2} i was asked to look at the map and write about it. The handout doesn't give you much info so I looked online for some basic information.This is what i found.
 * Location: || Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran ||
 * Geographic coordinates: || 33 00 N, 65 00 E ||
 * Map references: || Asia ||
 * Area: || //total:// 647,500 sq km
 * Area - comparative: || slightly smaller than Texas ||
 * **Afghanistan** || [[image:http://z.about.com/d/geography/1/0/H/L/af-flag.gif caption="[Country flag of Afghanistan]"]] ||
 * [[image:http://z.about.com/d/geography/1/0/K/af-150.gif caption="[Country map of Afghanistan]"]] ||
 * Pashtuns (47%)-are the majority ethnic group in Afghanistan ,they are the highest ethnicity on the social ladder and dominate governmental bodies.

//Nuristanis, Aimaqs and Baluchis;;// My article was about the "//**Nuristans, Kuchi, Aimaqs and more**//". Nuristans were an ancient people of Mediterranean descent, the Fariswan, the ethnic Shi's Persians, the relatively few in number Baluchis of the south, and the scattered members of the Kuchi and Aimaq nomads. Nuristans lived in a area where the scene of the first armed opposition of the Khalq government. The Aimaqs were more of a farming and herding tribe rather. They inhabit the western part of Afghanistan. They spoke "DARI". As defined in the Constitution of Afghanistan, **Dari** is an official language of Afghanistan. The Balochis are Sunni Muslim, they live most part of Southern Afghanistan.
 * Michele:**

Introduction to Afghanistan