Political Map of Afghanistan

Description : Afghanistan Political map showing the international boundary, provinces boundaries with their capitals and national capital.



 

Afghanistan is located in Central Asia, covering an area of 647,500 square kilometers (251,772 square miles). As shown on this map, Afghanistan is bordered by Pakistan to the southeast, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan to the north, and China to the northeast. Afghanistan is situated in a region known as the Greater Middle East. Afghanistan is a landlocked country, meaning it does no border or bodies of water.

Afghanistan has a total population of about 40.7 million. The capital of Afghanistan is Kabul. Located in eastern Afghanistan, Kabul is the largest city in Afghanistan and the only city with more than one million inhabitants. Kabul is an important economic and cultural center of Afghanistan. Afghanistan has 34 provinces (wilayat), each with a capital and provincial governor, appointed by the national president.

List of Provinces in Afghanistan

Province name Capital Area Population
Badakhshan Feyzabad 47,403 497,758
Badghis Qal’eh-ye Now 21,858 233,613
Baghlan Baghlan 17,109 533,782
Balkh Mazar-e Sharif 12,593 580,146
Bamian Bamian 17,414 268,517
Farah Farah 47,788 234,621
Faryab Meymaneh 22,279 582,705
Ghazni Ghazni 23,378 646,623
Ghowr Chaghcharan 38,666 337,492
Helmand Lashgar Gah 61,829 517,645
Herat Herat 61,315 769,111
Jowzjan Sheberghan 25,553 588,609
Kabul Kabul 4,585 1,373,572
Kandahar Kandahar 47,676 567,204
Kapisa Mahmud-e-Eraqi 1,871 250,553
Konar Asadabad 10,479 250,122
Konduz Konduz 7,827 555,437
Laghman Mehtar Lam 7,210 310,650
Lowgar Baraki Barak 4,652 216,241
Nangarhar Jalalabad 7,616 745,986
Nimruz Zaranj 41,356 103,634
Oruzgan Tarin Kowt 29,295 444,168
Paktia Gardez 9,581 482,158
Paktika Orgun 19,336 245,229
Parvan Charikar 9,399 504,750
Samangan Aybak 15,465 261,693
Takhar Taloqan 12,376 519,752
Vardak Kowt-e-Ashrow 9,023 285,557
Zabol Qalat 17,293 179,362

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