What is Fayzabad, Badakhshan?
'''Fayzabad''' (also spelled '''Feyzabad''', '''Fazelabad''' or '''Faizabad''') ({{lang-fa|فيض آباد}}) is the provincial capital and largest city in [[Badakhshan Province]], [[Afghanistan]]. There are around 50,000 people. It is the main commercial and administrative center of the [[Pamir Mountains|Pamir]] region. ==Geography== Fayzabad is in northeast Afghanistan. The city is located on the right bank of the [[Kokcha River]].<ref name=Gazeteer>{{cite book |editor= Adamec, Ludwig W.|title=Historical and Political Gazeteer of Afghanistan |volume=1 |year=1972 |publisher=Akadamische Druck-u. Verlangsanstalt |location= [[Graz, Austria]] |page= 67 }}</ref> ==Economy== Fayzabad has been separate from other parts of the country because of the lack of paved roads. There are two active bazaars in the city where items as different as [[cotton]], cotton cloth and goods, salt, sugar, tea, [[indigo]], and [[cutlery]] are traded.<ref name=Gazeteer/> ==Demographics== The majority of the people are [[Tajiks]]. There also are some Pashtun, [[Uzbeks|Uzbek]] and Turkmen. ==Culture== There are a number of mosques and shrines of historical importance in the city.<ref name=Gazeteer/> ==Public services== The city has several schools including an all-girls school. There is also a hospital which is considered the best in the province, and a police station. There is a guest house called Lapis Lazuli for [[expatriate]]s. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{coord |37|7|19|N|70|35|0|E|display=title}} {{asia-stub}} [[Category:Cities in Afghanistan]] [[Category:Badakhshan Province]]