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Shirin-Tagab (meaning in Uzbek language: "Sweet Water", also known as Koh-i-Saiyād) is the district center in the Faryab Province. The population was 65,800 in 2004. It is located at 36.2675° N 64.8525° E, 525 m altitude. This Turkmen populated township is 33 km to the south of Dawlatabad. The valley of Shirin-Tagab hosts many villages with a central township comprising of two hundred shops. The Shirin-Tagab road in a point, which is 20 km from Maymana, branches off the river's stream valley. In 1969, it was named Deh-e Now. The people had developed a bazaar with 200 shops and eighth caravansaries. Livestock and grains are the main items of transactions in the bazaar before the war.
Due to the fact that most of the central and northern districts in Faryab Province have very salty water supply, many civilians bring water from the Shirin Tagab bazaar.
