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Doab (English: / ˈ d oʊ ɑː b /) is a term used in South Asia [1] for the tract [2] [1] of land lying between two confluent rivers. It is similar to an interfluve. [3] In the Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, R. S. McGregor refers to its Persian origin in defining it as do-āb (دوآب, literally "two [bodies of] water") "a region lying between and reaching to the confluence of two rivers."
Doaba, also known as Bist Doab or the Jalandhar Doab, [1] is the region of Punjab, India that lies between the Beas River and the Sutlej River. [2] People of this region are given the demonym "Doabia".
Dowab, also spelled Doab, [2] is one of the districts of Nuristan Province in Afghanistan. [3] It has a population of about 81,000 residents. They are mostly farmers , herders , traders, and shopkeepers.
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Do Ab or Dow Ab or Du Ab or Doab or Dowab or Duab (Persian: دواب), meaning "two rivers", may refer to: Doab, a geographical feature in India; Do Ab, Bamiyan, a village in Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan; Do Ab (Iran), a rural area near Tehran, Iran; Do Ab, Gilan, a village in Gilan Province, Iran; Do Ab Mardakh, a village in Gilan Province, Iran
The Majha region is called the "Sword Arm of the Country", due to it contributing disproportionately to the Officer as well as Orderly ranks of the Armies of both India and Pakistan. [5] The Sikh Empire was founded in the Majha region, and so the region is also sometimes referred to as "the cradle of the brave Sikhs".
Some major cities of this doab are Rawalpindi, Taxila, Attock, Chakwal, Jhelum, Pind Dadan Khan, Talagang, Mianwali, Bhakkar, Layyah, Muzaffargarh, Khushab and Quaidabad. Of the Punjab doabs, the Sindh Sagar Doab is the largest in land area, but the poorest for agriculture, [ 2 ] due to the presence of the Salt Range and Thal Desert .
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