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
Badakhshan Badakhshān1.1,072,785Fayzabad Fayzabad44,421
Badghis Bādghīs2.559,297Qala i Naw Qala i Naw9,000
Baghlan Wilāyat-e Baghlān3.1,033,760Pul-e Khumri Pul-e Khumrī56,369
Balkh Balkh4.1,245,100Mazar-e Sharif Mazār-e Sharīf523,300
Bamyan Wilāyat-e Bāmyān5.504,312Bamyan Bāmyān61,863
Daykundi Daykundi Province6.525,529Nili Nīlī-
Farah Farāh7.573,146Farah Farah43,561
Faryab Faryab Province8.1,129,528Maymana Maymana75,900
Ghazni Wilāyat-e Ghaznī9.1,386,764Ghazni Ghazni141,000
Ghowr Wilāyat-e Ghōr10.777,882Fayroz Koh Fayrōz Kōh15,000
Helmand Helmand11.1,472,162Lashkar Gah Lashkar Gāh43,934
Herat Herāt12.3,780,000Herat Herāt574,300
Jowzjan Wilāyat-e Jowzjān13.613,481Shibirghan Shibirghān55,641
Kabul Wilāyat-e Kābul14.5,385,526Kabul Kabul4,434,550
Kandahar Kandahār15.1,431,876Kandahar Kandahār523,300
Kapisa Wilāyat-e Kāpīsā16.496,840Sidqabad Sidqābād7,407
Khowst Velāyat-e Khowst17.647,730Khost Khōst96,123
Kunar Wilāyat-e Kunaṟ18.508,224Asadabad Asadābād48,400
Kunduz Kunduz19.1,136,677Kunduz Kunduz161,902
Laghman Wilāyat-e Laghmān20.442,037Mehtar Lam Mehtar Lām17,345
Logar Wilāyat-e Lōgar21.442,037Pul-e 'Alam Pul-e ‘Alam13,247
Maidan Wardak Province Wardak22.671,817Maydanshakhr Maydanshakhr1,600
Nangarhar Nangarhār23.1,735,531Jalalabad Jalālābād271,900
Nimroz Wilāyat-e Nīmrōz24.186,963Zaranj Zaranj49,851
Nuristan Velāyat-e Nūrestān25.166,676Parun Pārūn1,000
Oruzgan Uruzgān26.436,079Tarinkot Tarinkot10,000
Paktia Wilāyat-e Paktiyā27.622,831Gardez Gardez103,601
Paktika Wilāyat-e Paktīkā28.789,079Sharan Sharan2,200
Panjshir Panjshir29.172,895Bazarak Bāzārak65,000
Parwan Parwān30.751,040Charikar Charikar53,676
Samangan Samangān31.438,235Aibak Aībak47,823
Sar-e Pol Province Sar-e Pul32.632,182Sar-e Pul Sar-e Pul52,121
Takhar Wilāyat-e Takhār33.1,113,173Taloqan Taloqan64,256
Zabul Wilāyat-e Zābul34.391,150Qalat Qalāt12,191