Jowzjan, sometimes spelled as Jawzjan or Jozjan (Dari/Pashto: ولایت جوزجان), is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north of the country bordering neighboring Turkmenistan. The province is divided into 11 districts and contains hundreds of villages. It has a population of about 613,481,[2] which is multi-ethnic and mostly agriculturalists.