Regions in Afghanistan

Afghanistan is made up of 34 primary administrative regions. Have a closer look at the regions in Afghanistan. Information on all primary administrative regions in Afghanistan.

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Primary administrative regions in Afghanistan

There are 34 regions in Afghanistan in the primary administrative level.
Primary administrative regions in Afghanistan
RegionNoPopulationCapitalCapital population
Kabul Wilāyat-e Kābul1.5,385,526Kabul Kabul4,434,550
Herat Herāt2.3,780,000Herat Herāt574,300
Kandahar Kandahār3.1,431,876Kandahar Kandahār523,300
Balkh Balkh4.1,245,100Mazar-e Sharif Mazār-e Sharīf523,300
Nangarhar Nangarhār5.1,735,531Jalalabad Jalālābād271,900
Kunduz Kunduz6.1,136,677Kunduz Kunduz161,902
Ghazni Wilāyat-e Ghaznī7.1,386,764Ghazni Ghazni141,000
Paktia Wilāyat-e Paktiyā8.622,831Gardez Gardez103,601
Khowst Velāyat-e Khowst9.647,730Khost Khōst96,123
Faryab Faryab Province10.1,129,528Maymana Maymana75,900
Panjshir Panjshir11.172,895Bazarak Bāzārak65,000
Takhar Wilāyat-e Takhār12.1,113,173Taloqan Taloqan64,256
Bamyan Wilāyat-e Bāmyān13.504,312Bamyan Bāmyān61,863
Baghlan Wilāyat-e Baghlān14.1,033,760Pul-e Khumri Pul-e Khumrī56,369
Jowzjan Wilāyat-e Jowzjān15.613,481Shibirghan Shibirghān55,641
Parwan Parwān16.751,040Charikar Charikar53,676
Sar-e Pol Province Sar-e Pul17.632,182Sar-e Pul Sar-e Pul52,121
Nimroz Wilāyat-e Nīmrōz18.186,963Zaranj Zaranj49,851
Kunar Wilāyat-e Kunaṟ19.508,224Asadabad Asadābād48,400
Samangan Samangān20.438,235Aibak Aībak47,823
Badakhshan Badakhshān21.1,072,785Fayzabad Fayzabad44,421
Helmand Helmand22.1,472,162Lashkar Gah Lashkar Gāh43,934
Farah Farāh23.573,146Farah Farah43,561
Laghman Wilāyat-e Laghmān24.442,037Mehtar Lam Mehtar Lām17,345
Ghowr Wilāyat-e Ghōr25.777,882Fayroz Koh Fayrōz Kōh15,000
Logar Wilāyat-e Lōgar26.442,037Pul-e 'Alam Pul-e ‘Alam13,247
Zabul Wilāyat-e Zābul27.391,150Qalat Qalāt12,191
Oruzgan Uruzgān28.436,079Tarinkot Tarinkot10,000
Badghis Bādghīs29.559,297Qala i Naw Qala i Naw9,000
Kapisa Wilāyat-e Kāpīsā30.496,840Sidqabad Sidqābād7,407
Paktika Wilāyat-e Paktīkā31.789,079Sharan Sharan2,200
Maidan Wardak Province Wardak32.671,817Maydanshakhr Maydanshakhr1,600
Nuristan Velāyat-e Nūrestān33.166,676Parun Pārūn1,000
Daykundi Daykundi Province34.525,529Nili Nīlī-