It was ruled by a single governor and was divided into two separate provinces in 1963.

Historian William Maley stated that the removal of the term "Qataghan" upon the division of the area was part of a deliberate process to remove ethnic identities from administrative names, drawing a comparison with the division and renaming of Hazarajat, homeland of the ethnic Hazaras.

[2] Qataghani style songs were born in Qataghan Province.

Large population of Qataghan people are in Baghlan, the capital of Qataghan province living into Darah Nikpai.

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