Provinces of Afghanistan[1]
Province |
Map # |
ISO 3166-2:AF[2] |
Centers |
Population |
Area (km²) |
Language |
Notes |
U.N. Region |
Badakhshan |
30 |
AF-BDS |
Fayzabad |
823,000 |
44,059 |
Dari Persian, |
Composed of 29 districts |
North East Afghanistan |
Badghis |
4 |
AF-BDG |
Qala i Naw |
429,500 |
20,591 |
Dari Persian, Pashto |
7 districts |
West Afghanistan |
Baghlan |
19 |
AF-BGL |
Puli Khumri |
779,000 |
21,118 |
Dari Persian Uzbek, Turkmen, Pashto |
16 districts |
North East Afghanistan |
Balkh |
13 |
AF-BAL |
Mazari Sharif |
1,096,100 |
17,249 |
Dari Persian, |
15 districts |
North Afghanistan |
Bamyan |
15 |
AF-BAM |
Bamyan |
387,300 |
14,175 |
Dari Persian |
7 districts |
East Central Afghanistan |
Daykundi |
10 |
AF-DAY |
Nili |
399,600 |
8,088 |
Dari Persian |
8 districts
Formed from Orūzgān Province in 2004 |
South West Afghanistan |
Farah |
2 |
AF-FRA |
Farah |
438,000 |
48,471 |
Pashto, Dari Persian, Baloch |
11 districts |
West Afghanistan |
Faryab |
5 |
AF-FYB |
Maymana |
858,600 |
20,293 |
Dari Persian, Turkmen and Uzbek |
14 districts |
West Afghanistan |
Ghazni |
16 |
AF-GHA |
Ghazni |
931,000 |
22,915 |
Pashto, Dari Persian |
19 districts |
South Afghanistan |
Ghor |
6 |
AF-GHO |
Chaghcharan |
485,000 |
36,479 |
Dari Persian |
10 districts |
East Central Afghanistan |
Helmand |
7 |
AF-HEL |
Lashkar Gah |
745,000 |
58,584 |
Pashto,Baloch |
13 districts |
South West Afghanistan |
Herat |
1 |
AF-HER |
Herat |
1,182,000 |
54,778 |
Dari Persian, Pashto |
15 districts |
West Afghanistan |
Jowzjan |
8 |
AF-JOW |
Sheberghan |
441,000 |
11,798 |
Uzbek, Dari Persian |
9 districts |
North Afghanistan |
Kabul |
22 |
AF-KAB |
Kabul |
3,314,000 |
4,462 |
Pashto, Dari Persian, Turkmen, Baloch and Uzbek |
15 districts |
Central Afghanistan |
Kandahar |
12 |
AF-KAN |
Kandahar |
886,000 |
54,022 |
Pashto, Dari Persian,Baloch |
16 districts |
South West Afghanistan |
Kapisa |
29 |
AF-KAP |
Mahmud-i-Raqi |
360,000 |
1,842 |
Dari Persian |
7 districts |
Central Afghanistan |
Khost |
26 |
AF-KHO |
Khost |
300,000 |
4,152 |
Pashto |
13 districts |
South Afghanistan |
Kunar |
34 |
AF-KNR |
Asadabad |
321,000 |
4,942 |
Pashto |
15 districts |
East Afghanistan |
Kunduz |
18 |
AF-KDZ |
Kunduz |
820,000 |
8,040 |
Dari Persian, Uzbek, Turkmen, Pashto |
7 districts |
North East Afghanistan |
Laghman |
32 |
AF-LAG |
Mihtarlam District |
373,000 |
3,843 |
Pashto, Dari Persian and Pashai |
5 districts |
East Afghanistan |
Lowgar |
23 |
AF-LOW |
Pul-i-Alam |
292,000 |
3,880 |
Dari Persian, Pashto |
7 districts |
Central Afghanistan |
Nangarhar |
33 |
AF-NAN |
Jalalabad |
1,089,000 |
7,727 |
Pashto, Dari Persian |
23 districts |
East Afghanistan |
Nimruz |
3 |
AF-NIM |
Zaranj |
149,000 |
41,005 |
Balochi, Dari Persian and Balochi |
5 districts |
South West Afghanistan |
Nurestan |
31 |
AF-NUR |
Parun |
112,000 |
9,225 |
Nuristani, Pashto, Dari Persian |
7 districts |
East Afghanistan |
Orūzgān |
11 |
AF-ORU |
Tarin Kowt |
627,000 |
22,696 |
Pashto |
6 districts |
South West Afghanistan |
Paktia |
24 |
AF-PIA |
Gardez |
415,000 |
6,432 |
Pashto, Dari Persian |
11 districts |
South Afghanistan |
Paktika |
25 |
AF-PKA |
Sharan |
352,000 |
19,482 |
Pashto |
15 districts |
South Afghanistan |
Panjshir |
28 |
AF-PAN |
Bazarak |
128,620 |
3,610 |
Dari Persian |
5 districts
Created in 2004 from Parwan Province |
Central Afghanistan |
Parwan |
20 |
AF-PAR |
Charikar |
726,000 |
5,974 |
Dari Persian |
Composed of 9 districts |
Central Afghanistan |
Samangan |
14 |
AF-SAM |
Aybak |
378,000 |
11,262 |
Dari Persian, Uzbek |
5 districts |
North Afghanistan |
Sar-e Pol |
9 |
AF-SAR |
Sar-e Pol |
468,000 |
15,999 |
Dari Persian and Uzbek |
6 districts |
North Afghanistan |
Takhar |
27 |
AF-TAK |
Taloqan |
810,800 |
12,333 |
Dari Persian, and Uzbek |
12 districts |
North East Afghanistan |
Wardak |
21 |
AF-WAR |
Meydan Shahr |
413,000 |
8,938 |
Pashto, Dari Persian |
9 districts |
Central Afghanistan |
Zabul |
17 |
AF-ZAB |
Qalat |
365,920 |
17,343 |
Pashto |
9 districts |
South West Afghanistan |