province  map iso 3166 - 2: af             centers  population  area (km square)                                   language                                             notes                 un region
0    badakhshan   30         af - bds            fayzabad      823000             44059                               dari persian                          composed of 29 districts    north east afghanistan
1       badghis    4         af - bdg          qala i naw      429500             20591                      dari persian , pashto                                       7 districts          west afghanistan
2       baghlan   19         af - bgl         puli khumri      779000             21118      dari persian uzbek , turkmen , pashto                                      16 districts    north east afghanistan
3         balkh   13         af - bal       mazari sharif     1096100             17249                               dari persian                                      15 districts         north afghanistan
4        bamyan   15         af - bam              bamyan      387300             14175                               dari persian                                       7 districts  east central afghanistan
5      daykundi   10         af - day                nili      399600              8088                               dari persian  8 districts formed from orūzgān province in 2004    south west afghanistan
6         farah    2         af - fra               farah      438000             48471             pashto , dari persian , baloch                                      11 districts          west afghanistan
7        faryab    5         af - fyb             maymana      858600             20293           dari persian , turkmen and uzbek                                      14 districts          west afghanistan
8        ghazni   16         af - gha              ghazni      931000             22915                      pashto , dari persian                                      19 districts         south afghanistan
9          ghor    6         af - gho         chaghcharan      485000             36479                               dari persian                                      10 districts  east central afghanistan
10      helmand    7         af - hel         lashkar gah      745000             58584                                     pashto                                      13 districts    south west afghanistan
11        herat    1         af - her               herat     1182000             54778                      dari persian , pashto                                      15 districts          west afghanistan
12      jowzjan    8         af - jow          sheberghan      441000             11798                       uzbek , dari persian                                       9 districts         north afghanistan
13        kabul   22         af - kab               kabul     3314000              4462  pashto , dari persian , turkmen and uzbek                                      15 districts       central afghanistan
14     kandahar   12         af - kan            kandahar      886000             54022                      pashto , dari persian                                      16 districts    south west afghanistan
15       kapisa   29         af - kap   mahmud - i - raqi      360000              1842                               dari persian                                       7 districts       central afghanistan
16        khost   26         af - kho               khost      300000              4152                                     pashto                                      13 districts         south afghanistan
17        kunar   34         af - knr            asadabad      321000              4942                                     pashto                                      15 districts          east afghanistan
18       kunduz   18         af - kdz              kunduz      820000              8040    dari persian , uzbek , turkmen , pashto                                       7 districts    north east afghanistan
19      laghman   32         af - lag  mihtarlam district      373000              3843           pashto , dari persian and pashai                                       5 districts          east afghanistan
20       lowgar   23         af - low      pul - i - alam      292000              3880                      dari persian , pashto                                       7 districts       central afghanistan
21    nangarhar   33         af - nan           jalalabad     1089000              7727                      pashto , dari persian                                      23 districts          east afghanistan
22       nimruz    3         af - nim              zaranj      149000             41005         balochi , dari persian and balochi                                       5 districts    south west afghanistan
23     nurestan   31         af - nur               parun      112000              9225          nuristani , pashto , dari persian                                       7 districts          east afghanistan
24      orūzgān   11         af - oru          tarin kowt      627000             22696                                     pashto                                       6 districts    south west afghanistan
25       paktia   24         af - pia              gardez      415000              6432                      pashto , dari persian                                      11 districts         south afghanistan
26      paktika   25         af - pka              sharan      352000             19482                                     pashto                                      15 districts         south afghanistan
27     panjshir   28         af - pan             bazarak      128620              3610                               dari persian  5 districts created in 2004 from parwan province       central afghanistan
28       parwan   20         af - par            charikar      726000              5974                               dari persian                           composed of 9 districts       central afghanistan
29     samangan   14         af - sam               aybak      378000             11262                       dari persian , uzbek                                       5 districts         north afghanistan
30  sar - e pol    9         af - sar         sar - e pol      468000             15999                     dari persian and uzbek                                       6 districts         north afghanistan
31       takhar   27         af - tak             taloqan      810800             12333                   dari persian , and uzbek                                      12 districts    north east afghanistan
32       wardak   21         af - war        meydan shahr      413000              8938                      pashto , dari persian                                       9 districts       central afghanistan
33        zabul   17         af - zab               qalat      365920             17343                                     pashto                                       9 districts    south west afghanistan

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