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
Samangan Samangān1.438,235Aibak Aībak47,823
Kunar Wilāyat-e Kunaṟ2.508,224Asadabad Asadābād48,400
Bamyan Wilāyat-e Bāmyān3.504,312Bamyan Bāmyān61,863
Panjshir Panjshir4.172,895Bazarak Bāzārak65,000
Parwan Parwān5.751,040Charikar Charikar53,676
Farah Farāh6.573,146Farah Farah43,561
Ghowr Wilāyat-e Ghōr7.777,882Fayroz Koh Fayrōz Kōh15,000
Badakhshan Badakhshān8.1,072,785Fayzabad Fayzabad44,421
Paktia Wilāyat-e Paktiyā9.622,831Gardez Gardez103,601
Ghazni Wilāyat-e Ghaznī10.1,386,764Ghazni Ghazni141,000
Herat Herāt11.3,780,000Herat Herāt574,300
Nangarhar Nangarhār12.1,735,531Jalalabad Jalālābād271,900
Kabul Wilāyat-e Kābul13.5,385,526Kabul Kabul4,434,550
Kandahar Kandahār14.1,431,876Kandahar Kandahār523,300
Khowst Velāyat-e Khowst15.647,730Khost Khōst96,123
Kunduz Kunduz16.1,136,677Kunduz Kunduz161,902
Helmand Helmand17.1,472,162Lashkar Gah Lashkar Gāh43,934
Maidan Wardak Province Wardak18.671,817Maydanshakhr Maydanshakhr1,600
Faryab Faryab Province19.1,129,528Maymana Maymana75,900
Balkh Balkh20.1,245,100Mazar-e Sharif Mazār-e Sharīf523,300
Laghman Wilāyat-e Laghmān21.442,037Mehtar Lam Mehtar Lām17,345
Daykundi Daykundi Province22.525,529Nili Nīlī-
Nuristan Velāyat-e Nūrestān23.166,676Parun Pārūn1,000
Logar Wilāyat-e Lōgar24.442,037Pul-e 'Alam Pul-e ‘Alam13,247
Baghlan Wilāyat-e Baghlān25.1,033,760Pul-e Khumri Pul-e Khumrī56,369
Badghis Bādghīs26.559,297Qala i Naw Qala i Naw9,000
Zabul Wilāyat-e Zābul27.391,150Qalat Qalāt12,191
Sar-e Pol Province Sar-e Pul28.632,182Sar-e Pul Sar-e Pul52,121
Paktika Wilāyat-e Paktīkā29.789,079Sharan Sharan2,200
Jowzjan Wilāyat-e Jowzjān30.613,481Shibirghan Shibirghān55,641
Kapisa Wilāyat-e Kāpīsā31.496,840Sidqabad Sidqābād7,407
Takhar Wilāyat-e Takhār32.1,113,173Taloqan Taloqan64,256
Oruzgan Uruzgān33.436,079Tarinkot Tarinkot10,000
Nimroz Wilāyat-e Nīmrōz34.186,963Zaranj Zaranj49,851