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