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