Provinces of Afghanistan
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The Provinces of Afghanistan (locally recognized as wilayats) are the primary
political subdivisions of Afghanistan. There are
currently thirty-four (34)
Provincial governments are led by a governor.
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 provinces, two of the representatives must be women. These are appointed by the President.
Provinces of Afghanistan
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| Province | Map # | ISO 3166-2:AF[1] | Capital | Population | Area | Notes |
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| Badakhshan | 30 | AF-BDS | Fayzabad | 725,700[2] | 44,059 km² | Composed of 29 districts |
| Badghis | 4 | AF-BDG | Qala i Naw | 301,000 | 20,591 km² | Composed of 7 districts |
| Baghlan | 19 | AF-BGL | Puli Khumri | 745,000[2] | 21,118 km² | Composed of 16 districts |
| Balkh | 13 | AF-BAL | Mazari Sharif | 869,000 | 17,249 km² | Composed of 15 districts |
| Bamiyan | 15 | AF-BAM | Bamiyan | 356,000 | 14,175 km² | Composed of 7 districts |
| 10 | AF-DAY | Nili | 8,088 km² | Composed of 8 districts Formed from Orūzgān Province in 2004 |
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| Farah | 2 | AF-FRA | 338,000 | 48,471 km² | Composed of 11 districts | |
| Faryab | 5 | AF-FYB | Maymana | 782,000 | 20,293 km² | Composed of 14 districts |
| Ghazni | 16 | AF-GHA | Ghazni | 931,000 | 22,915 km² | Composed of 19 districts |
| Ghor | 6 | AF-GHO | Chaghcharan | 485,000[3] | 36,479 km² | Composed of 10 districts |
| Helmand | 7 | AF-HEL | Lashkar Gah | 745,000[3] | 58,584 km² | Composed of 13 districts |
| Herat | 1 | AF-HER | 1,182,000 | 54,778 km² | Composed of 15 districts | |
| Jowzjan | 8 | AF-JOW | Sheberghan | 441,000 | 11,798 km² | Composed of 9 districts |
| Kabul | 22 | AF-KAB | Kabul | 3,138,100[4] | 4,462 km² | Composed of 15 districts |
| Kandahar | 12 | AF-KAN | Kandahar | 886,000 | 54,022 km² | Composed of 16 districts |
| Kapisa | 29 | AF-KAP | Mahmud-i-Raqi | 360,000 | 1,842 km² | Composed of 7 districts |
| Khost | 26 | AF-KHO | 300,000 | 4,152 km² | Composed of 13 districts | |
| 34 | AF-KNR | Asadabad | 321,000[5] | km² | Composed of 15 districts | |
| Kunduz | 18 | AF-KDZ | Kunduz | 820,000[3] | 8,040 km² | Composed of 7 districts |
| Laghman | 32 | AF-LAG | Mihtarlam District | 285,680[2] | km² | Composed of 5 districts |
| Lowgar | 23 | AF-LOW | Pul-i-Alam | 292,000 | 3,880 km² | Composed of 7 districts |
| 33 | AF-NAN | 1,089,000[3] | 7,727 km² | Composed of 23 districts | ||
| Nimruz | 3 | AF-NIM | Zaranj | 149,000[3] | 41,0005 km² | Composed of 5 districts |
| Nurestan | 31 | AF-NUR | km² | Composed of 7 districts | ||
| Orūzgān | 11 | AF-ORU | Tarin Kowt | 400,000 | 22,696 km² | Composed of 6 districts |
| Paktia | 24 | AF-PIA | Gardez | 415,000 | 6,432 km² | Composed of 11 districts |
| 25 | AF-PKA | Sharan | 352,000 | 19,482 km² | Composed of 15 districts | |
| Panjshir | 28 | AF-PAN | 128,620 | 3,610 km² | Created in 2004 | |
| Parwan | 20 | AF-PAR | Charikar | 726,000[6] | 5,974 km² | Composed of 9 districts |
| Samangan | 14 | AF-SAM | 378,000[3] | 11,262 km² | Composed of 5 districts | |
| Sar-e Pol | 9 | AF-SAR | Sar-e Pol | 468,000[6] | 15,999 km² | Composed of 6 districts |
| Takhar | 27 | AF-TAK | Taloqan | 750,000[6] | 12,333 km² | Composed of 12 districts |
| Wardak | 21 | AF-WAR | Meydan Shahr | 413,000[6] | 8,938 km² | Composed of 9 districts |
| 17 | AF-ZAB | 365,920 | 17,343 km² | Composed of 9 districts |
Historical provinces
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