:Farah-Chakansur Province

{{short description|Defunct province in Afghanistan}}

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{{Infobox former subdivision

| conventional_long_name = Farah-Chakansur Province

| common_name = Farah-Chakansur

| subdivision = Province

| nation = Afghanistan

| s1 = Farah Province

| s2 = Nimruz Province

| capital = Farah

| government_type = Province

| year_start = 1863

| year_end = 1964

| today = Afghanistan

}}

Farah-Chakansur Province is a defunct province of Afghanistan. In 1863, Sher Ali Khan formed the province of Farah and separated it from Herat and Kandahar. Formerly Farah had been subject to Herat, but instead he made it a separate province and gave it to his cousin, Sardar Mohammad Afzal (not to be confused with Mohammad Afzal Khan.){{Cite web|title=Government and Society in Afghanistan: The Reign of Amir Abd Al-Rahman Khan – Kakar History Foundation|url=https://www.kakarfoundation.com/book/government-and-society-in-afghanistan-the-reign-of-amir-abd-al-rahman-khan/|access-date=2021-12-04|language=en-US}} In 1964 it was divided into Farah Province and Nimruz Province.{{Cite book|last=Adamec|first=Ludwig W.|url=https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/661835|title=Historical and Political Gazetteer of Afghanistan, Vol. 2: Farah and Southwestern Afghanistan|last2=Branch|first2=India Army General Staff|date=1973|publisher=Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt|isbn=978-3-201-00857-0}} The former province's capital was Farah.

The province was divided into seven districts:

1. Farah
2. Lash Wa Juwain
3. Chakhansur
4. Posht-i Rud
5. Bakwa
6. Gulistan
7. Shahiwan