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What is the capital of Afghanistan?

KabulOfficial
Population
37,172,386
2023
Area
647,500 km²
First level
34
provinces
Second level
398
districts
ISO code
AF
Area km2
647500.0
Population
37172386

Map

Afghanistan and its 34 provinces, with their seatsBadakhshānBādghīsBalkhDaykundi ProvinceFarāhFaryab ProvinceHelmandHerātKandahārKunduzNangarhārPanjshirParwānSamangānSar-e PulUruzgānVelāyat-e KhowstVelāyat-e NūrestānWardakWilāyat-e BaghlānWilāyat-e BāmyānWilāyat-e GhaznīWilāyat-e GhōrWilāyat-e JowzjānWilāyat-e KābulWilāyat-e KāpīsāWilāyat-e KunaṟWilāyat-e LaghmānWilāyat-e LōgarWilāyat-e NīmrōzWilāyat-e PaktīkāWilāyat-e PaktiyāWilāyat-e TakhārWilāyat-e Zābul
Kabul

Boundaries: Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain

Provinces and their capitals

sort:name/population
BadakhshānFayzabad1.1 M · 28 districts
BādghīsQala i Naw559 k · 7 districts · seat ≠ largest
BalkhMazār-e Sharīf1.2 M · 15 districts
Daykundi ProvinceNīlī526 k · 9 districts
FarāhFarah573 k · 11 districts
Faryab ProvinceMaymana1.1 M · 14 districts
HelmandLashkar Gāh1.5 M · 13 districts
HerātHerāt3.8 M · 16 districts
KandahārKandahār1.4 M · 16 districts
KunduzKunduz1.1 M · 7 districts
NangarhārJalālābād1.7 M · 22 districts
PanjshirBāzārak173 k · 7 districts
ParwānCharikar751 k · 10 districts
SamangānAībak438 k · 7 districts
Sar-e PulSar-e Pul632 k · 7 districts
UruzgānTarinkot436 k · 5 districts
Velāyat-e KhowstKhōst648 k · 13 districts
Velāyat-e NūrestānPārūn167 k · 8 districts
WardakMaydanshakhr672 k · 9 districts · seat ≠ largest
Wilāyat-e BaghlānPul-e Khumrī1.0 M · 15 districts · seat ≠ largest
Wilāyat-e BāmyānBāmyān504 k · 7 districts
Wilāyat-e GhaznīGhazni1.4 M · 19 districts
Wilāyat-e GhōrFayrōz Kōh778 k · 10 districts · seat ≠ largest
Wilāyat-e JowzjānShibirghān613 k · 11 districts
Wilāyat-e KābulKabul5.4 M · 15 districts
Wilāyat-e KāpīsāSidqābād497 k · 7 districts
Wilāyat-e KunaṟAsadābād508 k · 15 districts
Wilāyat-e LaghmānMehtar Lām442 k · 5 districts
Wilāyat-e LōgarPul-e ‘Alam442 k · 7 districts · seat ≠ largest
Wilāyat-e NīmrōzZaranj187 k · 5 districts
Wilāyat-e PaktīkāSharan789 k · 19 districts
Wilāyat-e PaktiyāGardez623 k · 11 districts
Wilāyat-e TakhārTaloqan1.1 M · 17 districts
Wilāyat-e ZābulQalāt391 k · 11 districts

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