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 |
Badakhshan Badakhshān | 1. | 1,072,785 | Fayzabad Fayzabad | 44,421 |
Badghis Bādghīs | 2. | 559,297 | Qala i Naw Qala i Naw | 9,000 |
Baghlan Wilāyat-e Baghlān | 3. | 1,033,760 | Pul-e Khumri Pul-e Khumrī | 56,369 |
Balkh Balkh | 4. | 1,245,100 | Mazar-e Sharif Mazār-e Sharīf | 523,300 |
Bamyan Wilāyat-e Bāmyān | 5. | 504,312 | Bamyan Bāmyān | 61,863 |
Daykundi Daykundi Province | 6. | 525,529 | Nili Nīlī | - |
Farah Farāh | 7. | 573,146 | Farah Farah | 43,561 |
Faryab Faryab Province | 8. | 1,129,528 | Maymana Maymana | 75,900 |
Ghazni Wilāyat-e Ghaznī | 9. | 1,386,764 | Ghazni Ghazni | 141,000 |
Ghowr Wilāyat-e Ghōr | 10. | 777,882 | Fayroz Koh Fayrōz Kōh | 15,000 |
Helmand Helmand | 11. | 1,472,162 | Lashkar Gah Lashkar Gāh | 43,934 |
Herat Herāt | 12. | 3,780,000 | Herat Herāt | 574,300 |
Jowzjan Wilāyat-e Jowzjān | 13. | 613,481 | Shibirghan Shibirghān | 55,641 |
Kabul Wilāyat-e Kābul | 14. | 5,385,526 | Kabul Kabul | 4,434,550 |
Kandahar Kandahār | 15. | 1,431,876 | Kandahar Kandahār | 523,300 |
Kapisa Wilāyat-e Kāpīsā | 16. | 496,840 | Sidqabad Sidqābād | 7,407 |
Khowst Velāyat-e Khowst | 17. | 647,730 | Khost Khōst | 96,123 |
Kunar Wilāyat-e Kunaṟ | 18. | 508,224 | Asadabad Asadābād | 48,400 |
Kunduz Kunduz | 19. | 1,136,677 | Kunduz Kunduz | 161,902 |
Laghman Wilāyat-e Laghmān | 20. | 442,037 | Mehtar Lam Mehtar Lām | 17,345 |
Logar Wilāyat-e Lōgar | 21. | 442,037 | Pul-e 'Alam Pul-e ‘Alam | 13,247 |
Maidan Wardak Province Wardak | 22. | 671,817 | Maydanshakhr Maydanshakhr | 1,600 |
Nangarhar Nangarhār | 23. | 1,735,531 | Jalalabad Jalālābād | 271,900 |
Nimroz Wilāyat-e Nīmrōz | 24. | 186,963 | Zaranj Zaranj | 49,851 |
Nuristan Velāyat-e Nūrestān | 25. | 166,676 | Parun Pārūn | 1,000 |
Oruzgan Uruzgān | 26. | 436,079 | Tarinkot Tarinkot | 10,000 |
Paktia Wilāyat-e Paktiyā | 27. | 622,831 | Gardez Gardez | 103,601 |
Paktika Wilāyat-e Paktīkā | 28. | 789,079 | Sharan Sharan | 2,200 |
Panjshir Panjshir | 29. | 172,895 | Bazarak Bāzārak | 65,000 |
Parwan Parwān | 30. | 751,040 | Charikar Charikar | 53,676 |
Samangan Samangān | 31. | 438,235 | Aibak Aībak | 47,823 |
Sar-e Pol Province Sar-e Pul | 32. | 632,182 | Sar-e Pul Sar-e Pul | 52,121 |
Takhar Wilāyat-e Takhār | 33. | 1,113,173 | Taloqan Taloqan | 64,256 |
Zabul Wilāyat-e Zābul | 34. | 391,150 | Qalat Qalāt | 12,191 |