Districts of Afghanistan
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The provinces of Afghanistan are divided into Wuleswali (Template:Lang-ps wuləswāləi; Template:Lang-fa) or districts. The number of districts in Afghanistan has fluctuated over the years, with new districts created by splitting or merging parts of others. Prior to 1979, there were 325 districts. This was increased to 329 and, in 2004, a major reorganization led to the number increasing to 397. As of June 2005, the Afghan Ministry of the Interior recognised 398 districts, divided between the 34 provinces. This number is expected to change with further administrative reorganization.
The districts are listed below, by province:
Northern Afghanistan
North Eastern Afghanistan
- Arghanj Khwa - formerly part of Fayzabad District
- Argo - formerly part of Fayzabad District
- Baharak
- Darayim - formerly part of Fayzabad District
- Fayzabad
- Ishkashim
- Jurm
- Khash - formerly part of Jurm District
- Khwahan
- Kishim
- Kohistan - formerly part of Baharak District
- Kuf Ab - formerly part of Khwahan District
- Kuran Wa Munjan
- Maimay -formerly part of Darwaz District
- Nusay - formerly part of Darwaz District
- Ragh
- Shahri Buzurg
- Shekay - formerly part of Darwaz District
- Shighnan
- Shuhada - formerly part of Baharak District
- Tagab - formerly part of Fayzabad District
- Tishkan - formerly part of Kishim District
- Wakhan
- Wurduj - formerly part of Baharak District
- Yaftali Sufla - formerly part of Fayzabad District
- Yamgan - formerly part of Baharak District
- Yawan - formerly part of Ragh District
- Zebak
- Andarab
- Baghlan - now part of Baghlani Jadid District
- Baghlani Jadid
- Burka
- Dahana i Ghuri
- Dih Salah - formerly part of Andarab District
- Dushi
- Farang wa Gharu - formerly part of Khost Wa Fereng District
- Guzargahi Nur - formerly part of Khost Wa Fereng District
- Khinjan
- Khost wa Fereng
- Khwaja Hijran - formerly part of Andarab District
- Nahrin
- Puli Hisar - formerly part of Andarab District
- Puli Khumri
- Tala Wa Barfak
- Baharak - formerly part of Taluqan District
- Bangi
- Chah Ab
- Chal
- Darqad
- Dashti Qala - formerly part of Khwaja Ghar District
- Farkhar
- Hazar Sumuch - formerly part of Taluqan District
- Ishkamish
- Kalafgan
- Khwaja Baha Wuddin - formerly part of Yangi Qala District
- Khwaja Ghar
- Namak Ab - formerly part of Taluqan District
- Rustaq
- Taluqan
- Warsaj
- Yangi Qala
North Western Afghanistan
- Balkh
- Chahar Bolak
- Chahar Kint
- Chimtal
- Dawlatabad
- Dihdadi
- Kaldar
- Khulmi
- Kishindih
- Marmul
- Mazar-e Sharif
- Nahri Shahi
- Sholgara
- Shortepa
- Zari - formerly part of Kishindih District
- Almar
- Andkhoy
- Bilchiragh
- Dawlat Abad
- Gurziwan - formerly part of Bilchiragh District
- Khani Chahar Bagh
- Khwaja Sabz Posh
- Kohistan
- Maymana
- Pashtun Kot
- Qaramqol
- Qaysar
- Qurghan - formerly part of Andkhoy District
- Shirin Tagab
- Aqcha
- Darzab
- Fayzabad
- Khamyab
- Khaniqa - formerly part of Aqcha District
- Khwaja Du Koh
- Mardyan
- Mingajik
- Qarqin
- Qush Tepa - formerly part of Shibirghan District
- Shibirghan
- Aybak
- Dara-I-Sufi Balla - created within the former Dara-I-Suf District
- Dara-I-Sufi Payan - created within the former Dara-I-Suf District
- Feroz Nakhchir - formerly part of Khulmi District; shifted from Balkh Province
- Hazrati Sultan
- Khuram Wa Sarbagh
- Ruyi Du Ab
- Balkhab
- Gosfandi - formerly part of Sayyad District; most recently created district up to date
- Kohistanat
- Sangcharak
- Sar-e Pul
- Sayyad
- Sozma Qala
Central Afghanistan
Central Afghanistan
- Bagrami
- Chahar Asyab
- Deh Sabz
- Farza - formerly part of Mir Bacha Kot District
- Guldara
- Istalif
- Kabul
- Kalakan
- Khaki Jabbar
- Mir Bacha Kot
- Mussahi
- Paghman
- Qarabagh
- Shakardara
- Surobi
- Alasay
- Hesa Awal Kohistan - created within the former Kohistan District
- Hesa Duwum Kohistan - created within the former Kohistan District
- Koh Band
- Mahmud Raqi
- Nijrab
- Tagab
- Azra - shifted from Paktia Province
- Baraki Barak
- Charkh
- Kharwar - formerly part of Charkh District
- Khoshi
- Mohammad Agha
- Pul-i-Alam
- Anaba - created within the former Panjsher District
- Bazarak - created within the former Panjsher District
- Darah - created within the former Hisa Duwum Panjsher District
- Khenj - created within the former Hisa Awal Panjsher District
- Paryan - created within the former Hisa Awal Panjsher District
- Rokha - created within parts of the former Hisa Duwum Panjsher and Panjsher Districts
- Shotul - created within the former Panjsher District
- Bagram
- Chaharikar
- Ghorband
- Jabal Saraj
- Kohi Safi
- Salang
- Sayed Khel - formerly part of Jabul Saraj District
- Shekh Ali
- Shinwari
- Surkhi Parsa
- Chaki Wardak
- Day Mirdad
- Hisa-I-Awali Bihsud
- Jaghatu - shifted from Ghazni Province
- Jalrez
- Markazi Bihsud
- Maydan Shahr
- Nirkh
- Saydabad
Eastern Afghanistan
- Asadabad
- Bar Kunar
- Chapa Dara
- Chawkay
- Dangam
- Dara-I-Pech
- Ghaziabad - formerly part of Nurgal District
- Khas Kunar
- Marawara
- Narang Wa Badil
- Nari
- Nurgal
- Shaygal Wa Shiltan - formerly part of Chapa Dara District
- Sirkanay
- Wata Pur - formerly part of Asadabad District
- Achin
- Bati Kot
- Behsud - formerly part of Jalalabad District
- Chaparhar
- Dara-I-Nur
- Dih Bala
- Dur Baba
- Goshta
- Hisarak
- Jalalabad
- Kama
- Khogyani
- Kot - formerly part of Rodat District
- Kuz Kunar
- Lal Pur
- Muhmand Dara
- Nazyan
- Pachir Wa Agam
- Rodat
- Sherzad
- Shinwar
- Surkh Rod
- Bargi Matal
- Du Ab - created within parts of Nuristan and Mandol Districts
- Kamdesh
- Mandol
- Nurgaram - created within parts of Nuristan and Wama Districts
- Parun - formerly part of Wama District
- Wama
- Waygal
Western Afghanistan
- Bamyan
- Kahmard - shifted from Baghlan Province
- Panjab
- Sayghan - formerly part of Kahmard District; shifted from Baghlan Province
- Shibar
- Waras
- Yakawlang
- Anar Dara
- Bakwa
- Bala Buluk
- Farah
- Gulistan
- Khaki Safed
- Lash wa Juwayn
- Pur Chaman
- Pusht Rod
- Qala i Kah
- Shib Koh
- Chaghcharan
- Charsada - formerly part of Chaghcharan District
- Dawlat Yar - formerly part of Chaghcharan District
- Du Layna - formerly part of Chaghcharan District
- Lal Wa Sarjangal
- Pasaband
- Saghar
- Shahrak
- Taywara
- Tulak
- Adraskan
- Chishti Sharif
- Farsi
- Ghoryan
- Gulran
- Guzara
- Hirat
- Injil
- Karukh
- Kohsan
- Kushk
- Kushki Kuhna
- Obe
- Pashtun Zarghun
- Shindand
- Zinda Jan
Southern Afghanistan
South Eastern Afghanistan
- Ab Band
- Ajristan
- Andar
- Dih Yak
- Gelan
- Ghazni City
- Giro
- Jeghatoo (Waeez Shahid)
- Jaghuri
- Khugiani - created from parts of Waeez Shahid and Ghazni Districts
- Khwaja Umari - formerly part of Waeez Shahid District
- Malistan
- Muqur
- Nawa
- Nawur
- Qarabagh
- Rashidan - formerly part of Waeez Shahid District
- Waghaz - formerly part of Muqur District
- Zana Khan
- Bak
- Gurbuz
- Jaji Maydan
- Khost (Matun)
- Mandozai
- Musa Khel
- Nadir Shah Kot
- Qalandar
- Sabari
- Shamal - shifted from Paktia Province
- Spera
- Tani
- Tere Zayi
- Ahmadabad - formerly part of Sayed Karam District
- Chamkani
- Dand Wa Patan
- Gardez
- Jaji
- Jani Khail
- Lazha Ahmad Khel
- Sayed Karam
- Shwak
- Wuza Zadran
- Zurmat
- Barmal
- Dila
- Gayan
- Gomal
- Jani Khel - formerly part of Zarghun Shahr District
- Mata Khan
- Nika
- Omna
- Sar Hawza
- Sarobi
- Sharan
- Terwa - formerly part of Waza Khwa District
- Urgun
- Waza Khwa
- Wor Mamay
- Yahya Khel - formerly part of Zarghun Shahr District
- Yosuf Khel - formerly part of Zarghun Shahr District
- Zarghun Shahr
- Ziruk
South Western Afghanistan
- Gizab - shifted from Oruzgan Province
- Ishtarlay - created within the former Daykundi District; shifted from Oruzgan Province
- Kajran - shifted from Oruzgan Province
- Khadir - created within the former Daykundi District; shifted from Oruzgan Province
- Kiti - formerly part of Kajran District; shifted from Oruzgan Province
- Miramor - formerly part of Sharistan District; shifted from Oruzgan Province
- Nili - created within the former Daykundi District; shifted from Oruzgan Province
- Sangtakht - created within the former Daykundi District; shifted from Oruzgan Province
- Shahristan - shifted from Oruzgan Province
- Baghran
- Dishu
- Garmsir
- Gerishk
- Kajaki
- Khanashin
- Lashkargah
- Majrah - formerly part of Nad Ali District
- Musa Qala
- Nad Ali
- Nawa-I-Barakzayi
- Nawzad
- Sangin
- Washir
- Arghandab
- Arghistan
- Daman
- Ghorak
- Kandahar
- Khakrez
- Maruf
- Maywand
- Miyan Nasheen - formerly part of Shah Wali Kot District
- Naish - shifted from Oruzgan Province
- Panjwaye
- Reg
- Shah Wali Kot
- Shorabak
- Spin Boldak
- Zhari - created from parts of Maywand and Panjwaye Districts
- Argahandab
- Atghar
- Daychopan
- Kakar - formerly part of Argahandab District
- Mizan
- Naw Bahar - created from parts of Shamulzuyi and Shinkay Districts in Zabul Province .
- Qalat (Technically only a municipality, not a district)
- Shah Joy
- Shamulzayi
- Shinkay
- Tarnak Wa Jaldak
See also
References
- Afghanistan Information Management Service, accessed 2006-07-27.
- AIMS District Matching, accessed 2009-01-01.