Provinces
Province | Capital | ISO 3166-2:AF | Provincial capital | Province population | Province Area (km²) | Languages spoken | # of districts in province | U.N. Region |
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Baghlan | 19 | AF-BGL | Puli Khumri | 741,690 | 21,118 | Dari Persian, Uzbek, Turkmen, Pashto | 16 districts | North East Afghanistan |
Bamyan | 15 | AF-BAM | Bamiyan | 343,892 | 14,175 | Dari Persian | 7 districts | Central Afghanistan |
Daykundi | 10 | AF-DAY | Nili | 477,544 | 18,088 | Dari Persian and Pashto | 8 districts Formed from Orūzgān Province in 2004 |
South West Afghanistan |
Ghazni | 16 | AF-GHA | Ghazni | 1,080,843 | 22,915 | Pashto, Dari Persian | 19 districts | South East Afghanistan |
Helmand | 16 | AF-GHA | Lashkar Gah | 1,40,000 | 58,584 | Pashto, Dari Persian | 13 districts | South Afghanistan |
Ghor | 6 | AF-GHO | Chaghcharan | 635,302 | 36,479 | Dari Persian, Pashto | 10 districts | West Afghanistan |
Orūzgān | 11 | AF-ORU | Tarin Kowt | 320,589 | 22,696 | Pashto, Dari Persian | 6 districts | Central Afghanistan |
Parwan | 20 | AF-PAR | Charikar | 491,870 | 5,974 | Dari Persian, Pashto | 9 districts | Central Afghanistan |
Samangan | 14 | AF-SAM | Aybak | 378,000 | 11,262 | Dari Persian, Uzbek | 5 districts | North West Afghanistan |
Sar-e Pol | 9 | AF-SAR | Sar-e Pol | 505,400 | 16,360 | Dari Persian, Pashto and Uzbek | 7 districts | North West Afghanistan |
Wardak | 21 | AF-WAR | Meydan Shahr | 529,343 | 9,934 | Pashto, Dari Persian | 9 districts | Central Afghanistan |
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