Outline of Afghanistan
Provinces of Afghanistan
Columns: Province | Map # | ISO 3166-2:AF | Centers | Population | Area (km²) | Language | Notes | U.N. Region
Badakhshan | 30 | AF-BDS | Fayzabad | 823000 | 44059 | Dari Persian , | Composed of 29 districts | North East Afghanistan | Badghis | 4 | AF-BDG | Qala i Naw | 429500 | 20591 | Dari Persian, Pashto | 7 districts | West Afghanistan | Baghlan | 19 | AF-BGL | Puli Khumri | 779000 | 21118 | Dari Persian Uzbek , Turkmen , Pashto | 16 districts | North East Afghanistan | Balkh | 13 | AF-BAL | Mazari Sharif | 1096100 | 17249 | Dari Persian, | 15 districts | North Afghanistan | Bamyan | 15 | AF-BAM | Bamyan | 387300 | 14175 | Dari Persian | 7 districts | East Central Afghanistan | Daykundi | 10 | AF-DAY | Nili | 399600 | 8088 | Dari Persian | 8 districts Formed from Orūzgān Province in 2004 | South West Afghanistan | Farah | 2 | AF-FRA | Farah | 438000 | 48471 | Pashto, Dari Persian, Baloch | 11 districts | West Afghanistan | Faryab | 5 | AF-FYB | Maymana | 858600 | 20293 | Dari Persian, Turkmen and Uzbek | 14 districts | West Afghanistan | Ghazni | 16 | AF-GHA | Ghazni | 931000 | 22915 | Pashto, Dari Persian | 19 districts | South Afghanistan | Ghor | 6 | AF-GHO | Chaghcharan | 485000 | 36479 | Dari Persian | 10 districts | East Central Afghanistan | Helmand | 7 | AF-HEL | Lashkar Gah | 745000 | 58584 | Pashto | 13 districts | South West Afghanistan | Herat | 1 | AF-HER | Herat | 1182000 | 54778 | Dari Persian, Pashto | 15 districts | West Afghanistan | Jowzjan | 8 | AF-JOW | Sheberghan | 441000 | 11798 | Uzbek, Dari Persian | 9 districts | North Afghanistan | Kabul | 22 | AF-KAB | Kabul | 3314000 | 4462 | Pashto, Dari Persian, Turkmen and Uzbek | 15 districts | Central Afghanistan | Kandahar | 12 | AF-KAN | Kandahar | 886000 | 54022 | Pashto, Dari Persian | 16 districts | South West Afghanistan | Kapisa | 29 | AF-KAP | Mahmud-i-Raqi | 360000 | 1842 | Dari Persian | 7 districts | Central Afghanistan | Khost | 26 | AF-KHO | Khost | 300000 | 4152 | Pashto | 13 districts | South Afghanistan | Kunar | 34 | AF-KNR | Asadabad | 321000 | 4942 | Pashto | 15 districts | East Afghanistan | Kunduz | 18 | AF-KDZ | Kunduz | 820000 | 8040 | Dari Persian, Uzbek, Turkmen, Pashto | 7 districts | North East Afghanistan | Laghman | 32 | AF-LAG | Mihtarlam District | 373000 | 3843 | Pashto, Dari Persian and Pashai | 5 districts | East Afghanistan | Lowgar | 23 | AF-LOW | Pul-i-Alam | 292000 | 3880 | Dari Persian, Pashto | 7 districts | Central Afghanistan | Nangarhar | 33 | AF-NAN | Jalalabad | 1089000 | 7727 | Pashto, Dari Persian | 23 districts | East Afghanistan | Nimruz | 3 | AF-NIM | Zaranj | 149000 | 41005 | Balochi , Dari Persian and Balochi | 5 districts | South West Afghanistan | Nurestan | 31 | AF-NUR | Parun | 112000 | 9225 | Nuristani , Pashto, Dari Persian | 7 districts | East Afghanistan | Orūzgān | 11 | AF-ORU | Tarin Kowt | 627000 | 22696 | Pashto | 6 districts | South West Afghanistan | Paktia | 24 | AF-PIA | Gardez | 415000 | 6432 | Pashto, Dari Persian | 11 districts | South Afghanistan | Paktika | 25 | AF-PKA | Sharan | 352000 | 19482 | Pashto | 15 districts | South Afghanistan | Panjshir | 28 | AF-PAN | Bazarak | 128620 | 3610 | Dari Persian | 5 districts Created in 2004 from Parwan Province | Central Afghanistan | Parwan | 20 | AF-PAR | Charikar | 726000 | 5974 | Dari Persian | Composed of 9 districts | Central Afghanistan | Samangan | 14 | AF-SAM | Aybak | 378000 | 11262 | Dari Persian, Uzbek | 5 districts | North Afghanistan | Sar-e Pol | 9 | AF-SAR | Sar-e Pol | 468000 | 15999 | Dari Persian and Uzbek | 6 districts | North Afghanistan | Takhar | 27 | AF-TAK | Taloqan | 810800 | 12333 | Dari Persian, and Uzbek | 12 districts | North East Afghanistan | Wardak | 21 | AF-WAR | Meydan Shahr | 413000 | 8938 | Pashto, Dari Persian | 9 districts | Central Afghanistan