Editing Logar Province (section)

{{Short description|Province of Afghanistan}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Logar
| native_name                     = {{nq|لوگر}}
| native_name_lang                = ps
| settlement_type                 = [[Provinces of Afghanistan|Province]]
| image_skyline                   = Aerial view of Mohammad Agha District, Logar Province, Afghanistan.jpg
| image_alt                       = 
| image_caption                   = Aerial view of [[Mohammad Agha District]] in Logar province
| image_flag                      = 
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| image_seal                      = 
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| image_shield                    = 
| shield_alt                      = 
| nickname                        = 
| motto                           = 
| image_map                       = Logar in Afghanistan.svg
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| map_caption                     = Map of Afghanistan with Logar highlighted
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| coordinates                     = {{coord|34.0|69.2|region:AF_type:adm1st|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint                   = Capital
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| subdivision_type                = Country
| subdivision_name                = {{flagcountry|Afghanistan}}
| established_title               = 
| established_date                = 
| founder                         = 
| seat_type                       = Capital
| seat                            = [[Puli Alam]]
| government_footnotes            = 
| leader_party                    = 
| leader_title                    = [[List of governors of Logar|Governor]]
| leader_name                     = Maulvi [[Inayatullah]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://pajhwok.com/ps/2022/03/14/new-officials-appointed-in-governament/ |title=سرپرست حکومت په وزارتونو، ولایتونو او قول اردو ګانو کې نوې ټاکنې وکړې|trans-title=The caretaker government held new elections in ministries, provinces and corps|language=Pashto|date = 14 March 2022|last1 = کاکړ|first1 = جاويد هميم}}</ref>
| leader_title1                   = Deputy Governor
| leader_name1                    = Maulvi [[Inamullah Salahuddin]]<ref name="azamnews">{{Cite web |url=http://azamnews.com/?p=108148|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107145754/http://azamnews.com/?p=108148|url-status=usurped|archive-date=November 7, 2021|title=د نږدې شلو ولایاتو لپاره نوي والیان او امنیې قوماندانان وټاکل شول|trans-title=New governors and police chiefs were elected for nearly twenty provinces |language=Pashto|date = 7 November 2021}}</ref>
| leader_title2                   = Police Chief
| leader_name2                    = Mohammaduddin Shah Mukhtab<ref name="azamnews"/>
| unit_pref                       = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->
| area_footnotes                  = 
| area_total_km2                  = 4568
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| population_footnotes            = <ref name=nsia />
| population_total                = 442037
| population_as_of                = 2021
| population_density_km2          = auto
| population_demonym              = 
| population_note                 = 
| blank_name_sec1                 = [[Languages of Afghanistan|Main languages]]
| blank_info_sec1                 = [[Dari]]<br />[[Pashto]]
| timezone1                       = [[Time in Afghanistan|AFT]]
| utc_offset1                     = +4:30
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| postal_code_type                = Postal code
| postal_code                     = 14xx
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| iso_code                        = AF-LOG
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}}

'''Logar''' ([[Pashto]]/[[Dari]]: لوگر) is one of the 34 [[provinces of Afghanistan]], located in the eastern section of the country. It is divided into 7 [[Districts of Afghanistan|districts]] and contains hundreds of villages. [[Puli Alam]] is the capital of the province. As of 2021, Logar has a population of approximately 442,037 people,<ref name=nsia>{{cite web |url=https://www.nsia.gov.af:8080/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Estimated-Population-of-Afghanistan1-1400.pdf |title=Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2021-22 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=April 2021 |website= |publisher=National Statistic and Information Authority (NSIA)|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204559/https://www.nsia.gov.af:8080/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Estimated-Population-of-Afghanistan1-1400.pdf|url-status=live |access-date=June 21, 2021 |quote=}}</ref> most of whom are ethnic [[Pashtuns]] and [[Tajiks]].<ref name="understandingwar">{{cite web |url=http://www.understandingwar.org/region/regional-command-east#Logar |title=Understanding War |publisher=Understanding War |access-date=2013-08-17}}</ref>

The [[Logar River]] enters the province through the west and leaves to the north.