Provinces of Afghanistan

Afghanistan is made up of 34 provinces (ولايت, wilåyat). The provinces of Afghanistan are the primary administrative divisions. Each province encompasses a number of districts or usually over 1,000 villages.

Provinces of Afghanistan
Also known as: Wilayat'

Category	Unitary state
Location	Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Number	34 provinces
Populations	147,964 (Nuristan) – 4,372,977 (Kabul)
Areas	1,910 km² (736 sq mi) (Kapisa) – 58,310 km² (22,512 sq mi) (Helmand)
Government	Provincial government, National government
Subdivisions	District (Wulesswali)

Provincial governments are led by a governor who is appointed by the President of Afghanistan.[1] Each province is represented in the government of Afghanistan by two members in the House of Elders. One is elected by the provincial council to a four-year term while the second is elected by the district councils to a three-year term. Representation in the House of the People is directly from the districts, although in each province, two or more of the representatives must be women. They are appointed by the President of Afghanistan.

Provincial governors have played a critical role in the reconstruction of the Afghan state following the creation of the new government under Hamid Karzai.[2] According to international security scholar, Dipali Mukhopadhyay, many of the provincial governors are former warlords who have been incorporated into the political system.[2]

Provinces of Afghanistan

Afghanistan political map- provinces named.

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Provinces of Afghanistan[3]
Province	Map #	ISO 3166-2:AF[4]	License Plate Code	Capital	Population (2015)[5]	Area (km²)	Population density (km²)[6]	No. of Districts	U.N. Region	Region
Badakhshan	30	AF-BDS	BDN	Fayzabad	950,953	44,835	22.2	29	North East	North
Badghis	4	AF-BDG	BDG	Qala i Naw	495,958	20,791	24.3	7	West	Central
Baghlan	19	AF-BGL	BAG	Puli Khumri	910,784	18,255	52.1	16	North East	North
Balkh	13	AF-BAL	BLH	Mazar-i-Sharif	1,325,659	16,186	80.7	15	North West	North
Bamyan	15	AF-BAM	BAM	Bamyan	487,218	18,029	25.4	7	West	Central
Daykundi	10	AF-DAY	DYK	Nili	507,339	17,515	28.1	8	South West	South
Farah	2	AF-FRA	FRH	Farah	507,405	49,339	10.4	11	West	Central
Faryab	5	AF-FYB	FYB	Maymana	998,147	20,793	49.0	14	North West	North
Ghazni	16	AF-GHA	GAZ	Ghazni	1,228,831	22,460	57.4	19	South East	South
Ghor	6	AF-GHO	GHR	Feroz Koh	790,296	36,676	18.9	11	West	Central
Helmand	7	AF-HEL	HEL	Lashkargah	924,711	58,305	15.9	13	South West	South
Herat	1	AF-HER	HRT	Herat	1,890,202	55,868	35.1	15	West	Central
Jowzjan	8	AF-JOW	JZJ	Sheberghan	540,255	11,291	49.5	9	North West	North
Kabul	22	AF-KAB	KBL	Kabul	4,372,977	4,523	917.7	18	Central	Central
Kandahar	12	AF-KAN	KRD	Kandahar	1,226,593	54,864	23.2	16	South West	South
Kapisa	29	AF-KAP	KPS	Mahmud-i-Raqi	441,010	1,908	238.2	7	Central	Central
Khost	26	AF-KHO	KST	Khost	574,582	4,235	136.3	13	South East	South
Kunar	34	AF-KNR	KNR	Asadabad	450,652	4,925	94.5	15	East	Central
Kunduz	18	AF-KDZ	KDZ	Kunduz	1,010,037	8,080	130.3	7	North East	North
Laghman	32	AF-LAG	LGM	Mihtarlam	445,588	3,977	118.1	5	East	Central
Logar	23	AF-LOG	LGR	Pul-i-Alam	392,045	4,568	90.7	7	Central	Central
Nangarhar	33	AF-NAN	NGR	Jalalabad	1,517,388	7,641	208.9	23	East	Central
Nimruz	3	AF-NIM	NRZ	Zaranj	164,978	42,409	4.1	5	South West	South
Nuristan	31	AF-NUR	NUR	Parun	147,967	9,255	16.7	7	East	Central
Paktia	24	AF-PIA	PAK	Gardez	551,987	5,683	106.4	11	South East	South
Paktika	25	AF-PKA	PKT	Sharana	434,742	19,515	23.2	15	South East	South
Panjshir	28	AF-PAN	PJR	Bazarak	371,902	3,771	41.8	7	Central	Central
Parwan	20	AF-PAR	PRN	Charikar	664,502	5,715	120.9	9	Central	Central
Samangan	14	AF-SAM	SAM	Samangan	387,928	13,437	30.6	5	North West	North
Sar-e Pol	9	AF-SAR	SRP	Sar-e Pol	559,577	16,385	37.3	7	North West	North
Takhar	27	AF-TAK	TAK	Taloqan	983,336	12,457	81.2	16	North East	North
Uruzgan	11	AF-URU	ORZ	Tarinkot	386,818	11,473	32.7	6	South West	South
Maidan Wardak	21	AF-WAR	WDK	Maidan Shar	596,287	10,348	57.3	9	Central	Central
Zabul	17	AF-ZAB	ZBL	Qalat	304,126	17,471	17.8	9	South West	South

Former Provinces of Afghanistan

Provinces of Afghanistan in 1929.

Southern Province - dissolved in 1964 to create the province of Paktia.
Afghan Turkestan Province - dissolved somewhere between 1929 and 1946.
Qataghan-Badakhshan Province - dissolved in 1963 into Badakhshan Province and Qataghan Province, the latter of which was also dissolved that same year.
Qataghan Province - dissolved in 1963 into Baghlan Province, Kunduz Province, and Takhar Province.
Eastern Province - dissolved in 1964 to create Nangarhar Province.
Farah-Chakansur Province - dissolved in 1964 into Farah Province and Nimroz Province.
Mazar-i-Sharif Province - dissolved in 1964 into Balkh Province and Jowzjan Province.
Meymaneh Province - dissolved in 1964 into Badghis Province and Faryab Province.

See also

List of current governors of Afghanistan
Districts of Afghanistan

References

Ahmed, Azam (8 December 2012). "For Afghan Officials, Facing Prospect of Death Is in the Job Description". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
Mukhopadhyay, Dipali (2014). "Building a Theory of Strongman Governance in Afghanistan". Warlords, Strongman Governors, and the State in Afghanistan. p. 43. doi:10.1017/cbo9781139161817.001. ISBN 9781139161817.
Afghan school books - Geography G-12, Page 22-23 (in Persian) https://moe.gov.af/sites/default/files/2020-03/G12-Dr-Geography.pdf
ISO 3166-2:AF (ISO 3166-2 codes for the provinces of Afghanistan)
"registered through Argeweb". www.geohive.com.
"Afghanistan: Province Dashboard". World Bank.

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