Sar-e Pul, Afganistan Güncel Saati — AFT.

Sar-e-Pol, also spelled Sari Pul, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north of the country. It borders Ghor and Bamyan to the south, Samangan to the east, Balkh and Jowzjan to the north, and Faryab to the west. The province is divided into 7 districts and contains 896 villages. It has a population of about 632,000, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a tribal society. The province was created in 1988 with the support of northern Afghan politician Sayed Nasim Mihanparast. The city of Sar-e-Pol serves as the provincial capital.

Distance-wise, Sar-e Pul is closest to Dubai (~1,591 km), London (~5,362 km), Singapore (~5,495 km); São Paulo is the far end at roughly 13,491 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.

Sar-e Pul sits inside Afganistan — the Southern Asia subregion, capital Kabul, languages Dari, Pashto, Turkmen, currency AFN (؋).

Around Sar-e Pul, the nearest mapped reference cities are Shibirghān (53 km), Sang-e Chārak (61 km), Balkh (105 km), Maymana (108 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for AFT planning.

Closest curated airport references from Sar-e Pul: KBL Kabul (349 km).

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