Provinces of Afghanistan
Afghanistan is subdivided into 34 provinces or velayat (in Dari: ولایت, wilāya; in Pashto: ولایت, wilāya ), which are subdivided into a total of 398 districts (Dari: ولسوالی, vulusvāli; Pashto: ولسوالۍ, (wuləswāləi). The provinces are headed by a governor (wāli), who is appointed by the government in the capital Kabul.
Around 1950, Afghanistan consisted of ten provinces, a number that has expanded over the years to the current 34. The division as it exists today emerged in 2004 after Dāykundī and Panjshir separated from Uruzgān and Parwān respectively.
Politics
Each of the provinces has a governor and is represented in politics by two members of the House of Elders.
Provinces of Afghanistan
| Province | Map | ISO 3166-2:AF | Capital | Population | Women | Men | Area (km2) | Language(s) | Districts | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badahšan | 30 | AF-BDS | Fayzābād | 904.700 | 443,700 | 461,000 | 44.059 | Darí, Pamir tongues, grass | 29 | Northeast |
| Bādgīs | 4 | AF-BDG | Qal'eh-ye Now | 471.900 | 230,700 | 241.200 | 20.591 | I gave, grass | 7 | West |
| Ba ' | 19 | AF-BGL | Puli Khumri | 863.700 | 421,000 | 442.700 | 21.118 | I gave, Uzbek, Turkman, | 16 | Northeast |
| Balh | 13 | AF-BAL | Mazari Sharif | 1.245.100 | 608.300 | 636,800 | 17.249 | I gave, grass | 15 | Northwest |
| Bāmiyān | 15 | AF-BAM | Bamiyán | 425,500 | 209.800 | 215,700 | 14.175 | Dari | 7 | West |
| Daikondi | 10 | AF-DAY | Nili | 438,500 | 213.300 | 225.200 | 8.088 | I gave, grass | 8 | Southwest |
| Farāh | 2 | AF-FRA | Farāh | 482.400 | 235,000 | 247.400 | 48.471 | grass, darí, baluchi | 11 | West |
| Fāryāb | 5 | AF-FYB | Maymanah | 948,000 | 464,200 | 483.800 | 20.293 | Uzbek, dari, grass, Turkman | 14 | Northwest |
| latitudeaznī | 16 | AF-GHA | latitudeaznī | 1,168,800 | 571.600 | 597.200 | 22.915 | I gave | 19 | Southeast |
| latitudeawr | 6 | AF-GHO | Ča preparednessčarān | 657.200 | 321,500 | 335,700 | 36.479 | I gave, grass | 10 | West |
| Jost | 26 | AF-KHO | Jost | 546.800 | 266.800 | 280,000 | 4.152 | grass | 13 | Southeast |
| Helmand | 7 | AF-HEL | Lashkar Gah | 879,500 | 428,000 | 451,500 | 58.584 | I gave | 13 | Southwest |
| Herāt | 1 | AF-HER | Herāt | 1,780,000 | 878.300 | 901.700 | 54.778 | I gave, grass, Turkman | 15 | West |
| Jawzjān | 8 | AF-JOW | Šibar emerging | 512.100 | 251,500 | 260.600 | 11.798 | Uzbeko, Turcomano, grass, darí | 9 | Northwest |
| Kabul | 22 | AF-KAB | Kabul | 3,950,300 | 1,909,700 | 2.040.600 | 4.462 | grass, dari, Turkman, Uzbek | 15 | Central |
| Kandahar | 12 | AF-KAN | Kandahar | 1.151.100 | 560.700 | 590.400 | 54.022 | I gave | 16 | Southwest |
| Kāpīsā | 29 | AF-KAP | Mahmud-i-Raqi | 419.800 | 208,000 | 211.800 | 1,842 | I gave, grass, pashai | 7 | Central |
| Kunar | 34 | AF-KNR | Asadabad | 428,800 | 209.300 | 219,500 | 4.942 | grass | 15 | East |
| The schooling | 32 | AF-LAG | Mehtar Lam | 424.100 | 206.800 | 217.300 | 3.843 | pastun, pashai, nurtured languages, darí | 5 | East |
| Lawgar | 23 | AF-LOW | Pul-i-Alam | 373.100 | 183.300 | 189,800 | 3.880 | I gave | 7 | Central |
| Nangarhar | 33 | AF-NAN | Jalālābād | 1.436,000 | 701,000 | 735,000 | 7.727 | pastun, darí, pashai | 23 | East |
| Nimruz | 3 | AF-NIM | Zaranj | 156,600 | 76,500 | 80.100 | 41.005 | baluchi grass, darí | 5 | Southwest |
| Nūristān | 31 | AF-NUR | Parun | 140,900 | 69,000 | 71,900 | 9.225 | tongues, grass | 7 | East |
| Paktiyā | 24 | AF-PIA | Gardez | 525,000 | 256.600 | 268.400 | 6.432 | I gave | 11 | Southeast |
| Paktīkā | 25 | AF-PKA | Sharan | 413,800 | 201,500 | 212.300 | 19.482 | I gave | 15 | Southeast |
| Panjshīr | 28 | AF-PAN | Bazarak | 146.100 | 71,400 | 74,700 | 3.610 | Dari | 5 | Central |
| Parvān | 20 | AF-PAR | Charikar | 631.600 | 312.100 | 319,500 | 5.974 | I gave, grass | 9 | Central |
| Qundūz | 18 | AF-KDZ | Qundūz | 953,800 | 468.400 | 485.400 | 8.040 | grass, dari, Uzbek, Turkman | 7 | Northeast |
| Samangān | 14 | AF-SAM | Aibak | 368.800 | 180.000 | 188.800 | 11.262 | darí, uzbeko | 5 | Northwest |
| Sar-e Pul | 9 | AF-SAR | Sar-e Pul | 532,000 | 259.600 | 272.400 | 15.999 | dari, grass and Uzbek | 6 | Northwest |
| Tahār | 27 | AF-TAK | Taloqan | 933,700 | 457,500 | 476.200 | 12.333 | I gave, Uzbek, | 12 | Northeast |
| Urūzgān | 11 | AF-ORU | Tarin Kowt | 333,500 | 161,800 | 171,700 | 22.696 | I gave | 6 | Southwest |
| Vardak | 21 | AF-WAR | Meydan Shahr | 567.600 | 277.900 | 289,700 | 9.934 | I gave | 9 | Central |
| Zābul | 17 | AF-ZAB | Qalat | 289,300 | 140,900 | 148,400 | 17.343 | I gave | 9 | Southeast |
Historical provinces
During the history of Afghanistan, the number of its provinces has changed multiple times. It started as just Kabul, Herat, Kandahar and Balkh, but the number of provinces increased and by 1880 the provinces consisted of Balkh, Herat, Kandahar, Ghazni, Jalalabad and Kabul.
- South Province: dissolved in 1964 to create the province of Paktiyā.
- Turkestan Province: dissolved at some point between 1929 and 1946.
- Qataghan-Badakhshan Province: Disbanded in 1963 in Badakhshan and Qataghan provinces, the last of which was also dissolved in the same year.
- Qataghan Province: Disbanded in 1963 in the provinces of Baghlan, Kunduz and Tahār.
- Eastern Province: dissolved in 1964 to create the province of Nangarhar.
- Farah-Chakansur Province: dissolved in 1964 in the provinces of Farah and Nimruz.
- Mazar-i-Sharif Province: dissolved in 1964 in the Balkh and Jawzjān provinces.
- Province of Meymaneh: dissolved in 1964 in the provinces of Badghis and Faryab.
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