Provinces of Afghanistan

Provinces of Afghanistan
Provinces of Afghanistan
Also known as:; wilayat;
Category	Unitary state
Location	Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Number	34 provinces
Populations	147,964 (Nimruz) – 4,372,977 (Kabul)
Areas	1,840 km2 (711 sq mi) (Kapisa) – 58,580 km2 (22,619 sq mi) (Helmand)
Government	Provincial government, National government;
Subdivisions	District;

Afghanistan is made up of 34 provinces (ولايت wilåyat). The provinces of Afghanistan are the primary administrative divisions. Each province encompasses a number of districts or usually over 1,000 villages.

Provincial governments are led by a governor who is appointed by the President of Afghanistan.^[1] Each province is represented in the government of Afghanistan by two members in the House of Elders. One is elected by the provincial council to a four-year term while the second is elected by the district councils to a three-year term. Representation in the House of the People is directly from the districts, although in each province, two or more of the representatives must be women. They are appointed by the President of Afghanistan.

Provinces of Afghanistan

Provinces of Afghanistan^[2]
Province	Map #	ISO 3166-2:AF^[3]	Centers	Population (2015)^[4]	Area (km²)	# Districts	U.N. Region
Badakhshan	30	AF-BDS	Fayzabad	950,953	44,059	29	North East Afghanistan
Badghis	4	AF-BDG	Qala i Naw	495,958	20,591	7	West Afghanistan
Baghlan	19	AF-BGL	Puli Khumri	910,784	21,118	16	North East Afghanistan
Balkh	13	AF-BAL	Mazar-i-Sharif	1,325,659	17,249	15	North West Afghanistan
Bamyan	15	AF-BAM	Bamyan	447,218	14,175	7	Central Afghanistan
Daykundi	10	AF-DAY	Nili	424,339	18,088	8	South West Afghanistan
Farah	2	AF-FRA	Farah	507,405	48,471	11	West Afghanistan
Faryab	5	AF-FYB	Maymana	998,147	20,293	14	North West Afghanistan
Ghazni	16	AF-GHA	Ghazni	1,228,831	22,915	19	South East Afghanistan
Ghor	6	AF-GHO	Chaghcharan	690,296	36,479	10	West Afghanistan
Helmand	7	AF-HEL	Lashkar Gah	924,711	58,584	13	South West Afghanistan
Herat	1	AF-HER	Herat	1,890,202	54,778	15	West Afghanistan
Jowzjan	8	AF-JOW	Sheberghan	540,255	11,798	9	North West Afghanistan
Kabul	22	AF-KAB	Kabul	4,372,977	4,462	18	Central Afghanistan
Kandahar	12	AF-KAN	Kandahar	1,226,593	54,022	16	South East Afghanistan
Kapisa	29	AF-KAP	Mahmud-i-Raqi	441,010	1,842	7	Central Afghanistan
Khost	26	AF-KHO	Khost	574,582	4,152	13	South East Afghanistan
Kunar	34	AF-KNR	Asadabad	450,652	4,942	15	North East Afghanistan
Kunduz	18	AF-KDZ	Kunduz	1,010,037	8,040	7	North East Afghanistan
Laghman	32	AF-LAG	Mihtarlam	445,588	3,843	5	East Afghanistan
Logar	23	AF-LOG	Pul-i-Alam	392,045	3,880	7	Central Afghanistan
Maidan Wardak	21	AF-WAR	Maidan Shar	596,287	9,934	9	Central Afghanistan
Nangarhar	33	AF-NAN	Jalalabad	1,517,388	7,727	23	East Afghanistan
Nimruz	3	AF-NIM	Zaranj	164,978	41,005	5	South West Afghanistan
Nuristan	31	AF-NUR	Parun	147,967	9,225	7	North East Afghanistan
Paktia	24	AF-PIA	Gardez	551,987	6,432	11	South East Afghanistan
Paktika	25	AF-PKA	Sharana	434,742	19,482	15	South East Afghanistan
Panjshir	28	AF-PAN	Bazarak	153,487	3,610	5	North East Afghanistan
Parwan	20	AF-PAR	Charikar	664,502	5,974	9	Central Afghanistan
Samangan	14	AF-SAM	Samangan	387,928	11,262	5	North West Afghanistan
Sar-e Pol	9	AF-SAR	Sar-e Pol	559,577	16,360	7	North West Afghanistan
Takhar	27	AF-TAK	Taloqan	983,336	12,333	16	North East Afghanistan
Urozgan	11	AF-URU	Tarinkot	386,818	12,696	6	Central Afghanistan
Zabul	17	AF-ZAB	Qalat	304,126	17,343	9	South East Afghanistan

References

^ Ahmed, Azam (8 December 2012). "For Afghan Officials, Facing Prospect of Death Is in the Job Description". New York Times. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
^ References and details on data provided in the table can be found within the individual provincial articles.
^ ISO 3166-2:AF (ISO 3166-2 codes for the provinces of Afghanistan)
^ Afghanistan at GeoHive

External links

[1] Ahmed, Azam (8 December 2012). "For Afghan Officials, Facing Prospect of Death Is in the Job Description". New York Times. Retrieved 18 June 2013.

[2] References and details on data provided in the table can be found within the individual provincial articles.

[3] ISO 3166-2:AF (ISO 3166-2 codes for the provinces of Afghanistan)

[4] Afghanistan at GeoHive

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