Demographics
The provincial population is approximately 540,100. 70% are Pashtuns, the major ethnic group in the province. Pashtuns of the Wardag tribe inhabit the following districts: Chak, Saydabad, Jaghatu and Day Mirdad (65%). Pashtuns of different tribes (Andar, Sheenzi, Autmanzi), inhabit Nirkh district. In Jalrez district about 45% of the population are Kharoti Pashtuns, and 65% of the population in the provincial capital Maidan Shar are Pashtun, the majority of which are Amarkhel. Kuchis migrate across parts of Sayadabad, Daymirdad and Nerkh between April and September. There are ongoing conflicts between settled and nomadic groups in the Behsud districts, regarding access to pastureland.
27% of the people in the province are Persian or hazaragi-speaking Hazaras and Tajiks. The two Behsud districts in the western part of Maidan Wardak are predominantly populated by Hazara.
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