Sar-e Pol or Sari Pul (Persian: سر پل) is the capital city of the province of Sar-e Pol Province in northern Afghanistan. It is in Sari Pul District.
The provincial capital has a population of about 115,463 inhabitants.
Sar-e Pol or Sar-i-Pul or Sar Pol (Persian: سرپل) is a Provincial Centre in northern Afghanistan that is predominately agricultural land (72%). Of the 24% which is built-up land, 70% is residential land consisting of mostly irregular houses. Commercial land use is clustered in District 1.
The city of Sar-i-Pul has a total population of 51,075 people (2015). It has a total land area of 2,990 Hectares while there are 5,675 total number of dwellings in the city.
Sar-e Pol, also spelled Sari Pul (Persian: سرپل; Pashto: سرپل), is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north of the country. It borders Jowzjan and Balkh to the west and north, Ghor Province to the south, and Samangan to the east. The province is divided into 7 districts and contains 896 villages. It has a population of about 532,000, 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.
Between the early 16th century and the mid-18th century, the territory was ruled by the Khanate of Bukhara. It was given to Ahmad Shah Durrani by Murad Beg of Bukhara after a treaty was signed in or about 1750, and became part of the Durrani Empire. It was ruled by the Durranis followed by the Barakzai dynasty. The area was untouched by the British during the three Anglo-Afghan wars that were fought in the 19th and 20th centuries. It remained peaceful for about one hundred years until the 1980s Soviet war in Afghanistan.