Regions in Afghanistan
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Primary administrative regions in Afghanistan
There are 34 regions in Afghanistan in the primary administrative level.Region | No | Population | Capital | Capital population |
Samangan Samangān | 1. | 438,235 | Aibak Aībak | 47,823 |
Kunar Wilāyat-e Kunaṟ | 2. | 508,224 | Asadabad Asadābād | 48,400 |
Bamyan Wilāyat-e Bāmyān | 3. | 504,312 | Bamyan Bāmyān | 61,863 |
Panjshir Panjshir | 4. | 172,895 | Bazarak Bāzārak | 65,000 |
Parwan Parwān | 5. | 751,040 | Charikar Charikar | 53,676 |
Farah Farāh | 6. | 573,146 | Farah Farah | 43,561 |
Ghowr Wilāyat-e Ghōr | 7. | 777,882 | Fayroz Koh Fayrōz Kōh | 15,000 |
Badakhshan Badakhshān | 8. | 1,072,785 | Fayzabad Fayzabad | 44,421 |
Paktia Wilāyat-e Paktiyā | 9. | 622,831 | Gardez Gardez | 103,601 |
Ghazni Wilāyat-e Ghaznī | 10. | 1,386,764 | Ghazni Ghazni | 141,000 |
Herat Herāt | 11. | 3,780,000 | Herat Herāt | 574,300 |
Nangarhar Nangarhār | 12. | 1,735,531 | Jalalabad Jalālābād | 271,900 |
Kabul Wilāyat-e Kābul | 13. | 5,385,526 | Kabul Kabul | 4,434,550 |
Kandahar Kandahār | 14. | 1,431,876 | Kandahar Kandahār | 523,300 |
Khowst Velāyat-e Khowst | 15. | 647,730 | Khost Khōst | 96,123 |
Kunduz Kunduz | 16. | 1,136,677 | Kunduz Kunduz | 161,902 |
Helmand Helmand | 17. | 1,472,162 | Lashkar Gah Lashkar Gāh | 43,934 |
Maidan Wardak Province Wardak | 18. | 671,817 | Maydanshakhr Maydanshakhr | 1,600 |
Faryab Faryab Province | 19. | 1,129,528 | Maymana Maymana | 75,900 |
Balkh Balkh | 20. | 1,245,100 | Mazar-e Sharif Mazār-e Sharīf | 523,300 |
Laghman Wilāyat-e Laghmān | 21. | 442,037 | Mehtar Lam Mehtar Lām | 17,345 |
Daykundi Daykundi Province | 22. | 525,529 | Nili Nīlī | - |
Nuristan Velāyat-e Nūrestān | 23. | 166,676 | Parun Pārūn | 1,000 |
Logar Wilāyat-e Lōgar | 24. | 442,037 | Pul-e 'Alam Pul-e ‘Alam | 13,247 |
Baghlan Wilāyat-e Baghlān | 25. | 1,033,760 | Pul-e Khumri Pul-e Khumrī | 56,369 |
Badghis Bādghīs | 26. | 559,297 | Qala i Naw Qala i Naw | 9,000 |
Zabul Wilāyat-e Zābul | 27. | 391,150 | Qalat Qalāt | 12,191 |
Sar-e Pol Province Sar-e Pul | 28. | 632,182 | Sar-e Pul Sar-e Pul | 52,121 |
Paktika Wilāyat-e Paktīkā | 29. | 789,079 | Sharan Sharan | 2,200 |
Jowzjan Wilāyat-e Jowzjān | 30. | 613,481 | Shibirghan Shibirghān | 55,641 |
Kapisa Wilāyat-e Kāpīsā | 31. | 496,840 | Sidqabad Sidqābād | 7,407 |
Takhar Wilāyat-e Takhār | 32. | 1,113,173 | Taloqan Taloqan | 64,256 |
Oruzgan Uruzgān | 33. | 436,079 | Tarinkot Tarinkot | 10,000 |
Nimroz Wilāyat-e Nīmrōz | 34. | 186,963 | Zaranj Zaranj | 49,851 |