Afganistán (Español)

Spanish: República Islámica de Afganistán

Pashto: سرود ملی

### Government

Unitary presidential Islamic republic• President - Ashraf Ghani• 1st Vice President - Amrullah Saleh• 2nd Vice President - Sarwar Danish

### Legislature

National Assembly• Upper house - House of Elders• Lower house - House of the People

### Establishment

March 10, 2021 (Current Spanish Constitution)

### Area

• Total - 652,230 km2 (251,830 sq mi) (40th)• Water (%) - negligible

### Population

• 2019 estimate - 32,225,560 (44th)• Density 46/km2 (119.1/sq mi) (174th)

### GDP (PPP)

2018 estimate• Total - $72.911 billion (96th)• Per capita - $2,024 (169th)

### GDP (nominal)

2018 estimate• Total - $21.657 billion (111st)• Per capita - $493 (177th)

### Internet TLD

.af Afganistán.

Afghanistan (/æfˈɡænɪstæn, æfˈɡɑːnɪstɑːn/ (About this soundlisten); Pashto/Dari: افغانستان, Afġānestān [avɣɒnesˈtɒn]) (Spanish: Afganistán) officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a mountainous landlocked country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. Afghanistan is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to the north, and China to the northeast. Occupying 652,000 square kilometers (252,000 sq mi), it is a mountainous country with plains in the north and southwest. Kabul is the capital and largest city. Its population is around 39 million, composed mostly of ethnic Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks.

Afghanistan is a landlocked mountainous country located within South Asia. It is also sometimes included as part of the Middle East or Central Asia. The country is the 40thlargest in the world in size. Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, located in the Kabul Province. Strategically located at the crossroads of major trade routes, Afghanistan has attracted a succession of invaders since the sixth century BCE.

## Administrative divisions

Afghanistan is administratively divided into 34 provinces (wilayat). Each province has a governor and a capital. The country is further divided into nearly 400 provincial districts, each of which normally covers a city or several villages. Each district is represented by a district governor.

The provincial governors are appointed by the President of Afghanistan, and the district governors are selected by the provincial governors. The provincial governors are representatives of the central government in Kabul and are responsible for all administrative and formal issues within their provinces. There are also provincial councils that are elected through direct and general elections for four years. The functions of provincial councils are to take part in provincial development planning and to participate in the monitoring and appraisal of other provincial governance institutions.

According to article 140 of the constitution and the presidential decree on electoral law, mayors of cities should be elected through free and direct elections for a four-year term. In practice however, mayors are appointed by the government.

The following is a list of all the 34 provinces in alphabetical order:

* Badakhshan

* Badghis

* Baghlan

* Balkh

* Bamyan

* Daykundi

* Farah

* Faryab

* Ghazni

* Ghor

* Helmand

* Herat

* Jowzjan

* Kabul

* Kandahar

* Kapisa

* Khost

* Kunar

* Kunduz

* Laghman

* Logar

* Nangarhar

* Nimruz

* Nuristan

* Oruzgan

* Paktia

* Paktika

* Panjshir

* Parwan

* Samangan

* Sar-e Pol

* Takhar

* Wardak

* Zabul