List of cities in Afghanistan
Appearance
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The only city in Afghanistan with over 1 million population is its capital, Kabul. The rest are smaller cities and towns. According to the CIA, an estimated total number of people living inside Afghanistan was 31,822,848. Of this, around 6 million or so were reported to be living in urban areas and the rest in rural or countryside.[1]
List
The chart below shows 19 cities of Afghanistan by order of population.
Name | Population (latest est.) |
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Kabul | 3,589,000 [2] |
Kandahar | 491,500 [3] |
Herat | 436,300 [4] |
Mazar-i-Sharif | 368,100 [5] |
Kunduz | 304,600 [6] |
Taloqan | 219,000 [7] |
Jalalabad | 206,500 [8] |
Puli Khumri | 203,600 [9] |
Charikar | 171,200 [10] |
Sheberghan | 161,700 [11] |
Ghazni | 157,600 [12] |
Sar-e Pol | 150,700 [13] |
Khost | 133,700 [14] |
Chaghcharan | 131,800 [15] |
Mihtarlam | 126,000 [16] |
Farah | 108,400 [17] |
Puli Alam | 102,700 [18] |
Samangan | 100,500 [19] |
Lashkar Gah | 100,200 [20] |
Ancient names
Ancient names of places or cities in Afghanistan:
Current city and region | Ancient name |
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Kabul | afgan, Kophene,[21] Gaofū, Kābūrā |
Ghazni | Ghaznīn, Ghazna |
Balkh | Bactra, Bokhdī |
Herat | Haraiva, Harī, Aria |
Laghman | Lampaka [21] |
Jalalabad | Adinapur[22] |
Kandahar | Arachosia[21] |
Lashkar Gah | Bost or Bust |
Gallery
- Images of smaller Afghan cities and towns
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Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar Province in the eastern part of the country
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Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan
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Khost, capital of Khost Province in the east
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Section of Ghazni, capital of Ghazni Province
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Fayzabad, capital of Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan
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Zaranj, capital of Nimruz Province in southwestern Afghanistan
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Asadabad, capital of Kunar Province in the east
See also
- Provinces of Afghanistan
- Districts of Afghanistan
- List of places in Afghanistan
- Demography of Afghanistan
References
- ^ Mohammad Jawad Sharifzada, ed. (November 20, 2011). "Afghanistan's population reaches 26m". Pajhwok Afghan News. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
- ^ Population of afgan City by District and Sex 2012-13
- ^ Settled Population of Kandahar province by Civil Division, Urban, Rural and Sex-2012-13
- ^ http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/Herat(1).pdf
- ^ http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/Balkh(1).pdf
- ^ http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/Kunduz(1).pdf
- ^ http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/Takhar(1).pdf
- ^ http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/Nangarhar(1).pdf
- ^ http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/Baghlan(1).pdf
- ^ http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/Parwan(1).pdf
- ^ http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/Jawzjan(1).pdf
- ^ http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/Ghazni(1).pdf
- ^ http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/Sar-e-Pul(1).pdf
- ^ http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/Khost(1).pdf
- ^ http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/Ghor(1).pdf
- ^ http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/Laghman(1).pdf
- ^ http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/Farah(1).pdf
- ^ http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/Logar(1).pdf
- ^ http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/Samangan(1).pdf
- ^ http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/Helmand(1).pdf
- ^ a b c The Ancient Geography of India by Alexander Cunningham.
- ^ Gazetteer of the Peshawar District 1897-98 Page 55
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities in Afghanistan.
- Central Statistics Office of Afghanistan
- Photos of Afghan cities
- World Gazetteer: Afghanistan - map at archive.today (archived 2012-12-10)