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Afghanistan Provinces
Afghanistan is
divided into 34 Provinces (Velayat which are listed below to view detailed
information of a province click on it's name.
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Province |
ولایت |
Population |
Area Km2 |
Capital |
| 1 |
Badakhshan |
بدخشان |
715,000 |
44,059 |
Feyzabad |
| 2 |
Badghis |
بادغیس |
301,000 |
20,591 |
Qal'eh-ye Now |
| 3 |
Baghlan |
بغلان |
745,000 |
21,118 |
Pol-e Khomri |
| 4 |
Balkh
|
بلخ |
869,000 |
17,249 |
Mazar-e Sharif |
| 5 |
Bamian |
بامیان |
356,000 |
14,175 |
Bamian |
| 6 |
Daikondi
|
دایکندی |
|
8,088 |
Khadir |
| 7 |
Farah |
فراه |
338,000 |
48,471 |
Farah |
| 8 |
Faryab
|
فاریاب |
782,000 |
20,293 |
Meymaneh |
| 9 |
Ghazni
|
غزنی |
931,000 |
22,915 |
Ghazni |
| 10 |
Ghowr |
غور |
485,000 |
36,479 |
Chaghcharan |
| 11 |
Helmand |
هلمند |
745,000 |
58,584 |
Lashgar Gah |
| 12 |
Herat |
هرات |
1,182,000 |
54,778 |
Herat |
| 13 |
Jowzjan |
حوزجان |
441,000 |
11,798 |
Sheberghan |
| 14 |
Kabul |
کابل |
3,314,000 |
4,462 |
Kabul |
| 15 |
Kandahar
|
کندهار |
886,000 |
54,022 |
Kandahar |
| 16 |
Kapisa |
کاپیسا |
360,000 |
1,842 |
Mahmmud-e-Raqi |
| 17 |
Khowst |
خوست |
300,000 |
4,152 |
Khowst |
| 18 |
Konar |
کنر |
321,000 |
4,942 |
Asadabad |
| 19 |
Kunduz |
کندوز |
820,000 |
8,040 |
Kondoz |
| 20 |
Laghman |
لغمان |
373,000 |
3,843 |
Mehtar Lam |
| 21 |
Lowgar |
لوگر |
292,000 |
3,880 |
Pol-e 'Alam |
| 22 |
Nangarhar
|
ننگرهار |
1,089,000 |
7,727 |
Jalalabad |
| 23 |
Nimruz |
نیمروز |
149,000 |
41,005 |
Zaranj |
| 24 |
Nurestan
|
نورستان |
112,000 |
9,225 |
Kamdish |
| 25 |
Oruzgan |
اروزگان |
627,000 |
22,696 |
Tarin Kowt |
| 26 |
Paktia |
پکتیا |
415,000 |
6,432 |
Gardez |
| 27 |
Paktika |
پکتیکا |
352,000 |
19,482 |
Sharan |
| 28 |
Panjshir
|
پنجشیر |
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3,610 |
Bazarak |
| 29 |
Parwan |
پروان |
726,000 |
5,974 |
Charikar |
| 30 |
Samangan
|
سمنگان |
378,000 |
11,262 |
Aybak |
| 31 |
Sar-e Pol
|
سرپل |
468,000 |
15,999 |
Sar-e Pol |
| 32 |
Takhar |
تخار |
750,000 |
12,333 |
Taloqan |
| 33 |
Wardak |
وردک |
413,000 |
8,938 |
Maidanshahr |
| 34 |
Zabul |
زابل |
258,000 |
17,343 |
Qalat |
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34 provinces |
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20,291,000 |
645,807 Km2 |
Latest Change History
2004-06:
According to the Afghanistan Information Management Service (AIMS, a UNDP
offshoot), the president's office announced a change in administrative units
from 32 to 34 provinces (addition of Daikondi and Panjshir), and from 329 to 397
districts. Kahmard district was moved from Baghlan to Bamian; Jaghatu district
moved from Ghazni to Vardak; Gizab, Kijran, and Shahristan districts moved from
Oruzgan to Daikondi; Nesh district moved from Oruzgan to Kandahar; Azra district
moved from Paktia to Lowgar; and Shamul district moved from Paktia to Khowst.
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