Provinces o Afghanistan

The provinces o Afghanistan are the primary admeenistrative diveesions o Afghanistan. As o 2004, there are thirty-fower provinces (ولايت wilayat) in the kintra. Ilka province is further dividit intae destricts.

Provincial govrenments are led bi a govrenor. Ilka province is representit in the govrenment o Afghanistan bi twa members in the Hoose o Elders. Ane is electit bi the provincial cooncil tae a fower year term while the seicont is electit bi the destrict cooncils tae a three year term. Representation in the Hoose o the Fowk is directly frae the destricts, although in ilka province, twa o the representatives must be weemen. They are appointit bi the Preses o Afghanistan.

Provinces o Afghanistan

Province map o Afghanistan

Provinces of Afghanistan

Province	Map #	ISO 3166-2:AF	Centers	Population	Aurie (km²)	Leid	Notes	U.N. Region
Badakhshan	30	AF-BDS	Fayzabad	819,396	44,059	Dari Persie, Pamiri leids, Pashto	29 destricts	North East Afghanistan
Badghis	4	AF-BDG	Qala i Naw	499,393	20,591	Dari Persie, Pashto	7 destricts	Wast Afghanistan
Baghlan	19	AF-BGL	Puli Khumri	741,690	21,118	Dari Persie, Uzbek, Turkmen, Pashto	16 destricts	North East Afghanistan
Balkh	13	AF-BAL	Mazar-i-Sharif	1,123,948	17,249	Dari Persie, Pashto	15 destricts	North Wast Afghanistan
Bamyan	15	AF-BAM	Bamyan	343,892	14,175	Dari Persie	7 destricts	Central Afghanistan
Daykundi	10	AF-DAY	Nili	477,544	18,088	Dari Persie an Pashto	8 destricts Formit frae Urozgan Province in 2004	Sooth Wast Afghanistan
Farah	2	AF-FRA	Farah	493,007	48,471	Pashto, Dari Persie, Baloch	11 destricts	Wast Afghanistan
Faryab	5	AF-FYB	Maymana	833,724	20,293	Uzbek, Dari Persie, Pashto & Turkmen	14 destricts	North Wast Afghanistan
Ghazni	16	AF-GHA	Ghazni	1,080,843	22,915	Pashto, Dari Persie	19 destricts	Sooth East Afghanistan
Ghōr	6	AF-GHO	Chaghcharan	635,302	36,479	Dari Persie, Pashto	10 destricts	Wast Afghanistan
Helmand	7	AF-HEL	Lashkar Gah	1,441,769	58,584	Pashto, Dari Persie	13 destricts	Sooth Wast Afghanistan
Herat	1	AF-HER	Herat	1,762,157	54,778	Dari Persie, Pashto, Turkmen	15 destricts	Wast Afghanistan
Jowzjan	8	AF-JOW	Sheberghan	426,987	11,798	Uzbek, Turkmen,Pashto & Dari Persie	9 destricts	North Wast Afghanistan
Kabul	22	AF-KAB	Kabul	3,314,000	4,462	Dari Persie, Turkmen, Pashto an Uzbek	18 destricts	Central Afghanistan
Kandahar	12	AF-KAN	Kandahar	2,913,000	54,022	Pashto, Dari Persie	16 destricts	Sooth East Afghanistan
Kapisa	29	AF-KAP	Mahmud-i-Raqi	358,268	1,842	Dari Persie, Pashto, Pashayi	7 destricts	Central Afghanistan
Khost	26	AF-KHO	Khost	638,849	4,152	Pashto	13 destricts	Sooth East Afghanistan
Kunar	34	AF-KNR	Asadabad	413,008	4,942	Pashto	15 destricts	North East Afghanistan
Kunduz	18	AF-KDZ	Kunduz	820,000	8,040	Pashto, Dari Persie, Uzbek & Turkmen	7 destricts	North East Afghanistan
Laghman	32	AF-LAG	Mihtarlam	382,280	3,843	Pashto, Pashai, Nuristani & Dari Persian	5 districts	East Afghanistan
Logar	23	AF-LOW	Pul-i-Alam	322,704	3,880	Pashto, Dari Persie	7 destricts	Central Afghanistan
Maidan Wardak	21	AF-WAR	Maidan Shar	529,343	9,934	Pashto, Dari Persie	9 destricts	Central Afghanistan
Nangarhar	33	AF-NAN	Jalalabad	1,342,514	7,727	Pashto, Dari Persie	23 destricts	East Afghanistan
Nimruz	3	AF-NIM	Zaranj	117,991	41,005	Balochi, Pashto & Dari Persie	5 destricts	Sooth Wast Afghanistan
Nuristan	31	AF-NUR	Parun	130,964	9,225	Nuristani, Pashto	7 destricts	North East Afghanistan
Paktia	24	AF-PIA	Gardēz	415,000	6,432	Pashto, Dari Persie	11 destricts	Sooth East Afghanistan
Paktika	25	AF-PKA	Sharana	809,772	19,482	Pashto, Dari Persie	15 destricts	Sooth East Afghanistan
Panjshir	28	AF-PAN	Bazarak	128,620	3,610	Dari Persie	5 districts Creatit in 2004 frae Parwan Province	North East Afghanistan
Parwan	20	AF-PAR	Charikar	491,870	5,974	Dari Persie, Pashto	9 destricts	Central Afghanistan
Samangan	14	AF-SAM	Samangan	378,000	11,262	Dari Persie, Uzbek	5 destricts	North West Afghanistan
Sar-e Pol	9	AF-SAR	Sar-e Pol	505,400	16,360	Dari Persie, Pashto an Uzbek	7 districts	North Wast Afghanistan
Takhar	27	AF-TAK	Taloqan	830,319	12,333	Dari Persie, Uzbek, Pashto	12 destricts	North East Afghanistan
Urozgan	11	AF-ORU	Tarinkot	320,589	12,696	Pashto, Dari Persie	6 destricts	Central Afghanistan
Zabul	17	AF-ZAB	Qalat	244,899	17,343	Pashto, Dari Persie	9 destricts	Sooth East Afghanistan

Historical provinces

See an aw

• Leet o current govrenors o Afghanistan
• Destricts o Afghanistan

Freemit airtins

• Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS) Archived 2010-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
• USAID-Afghanistan: Activities bi Province Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Provincial Govrenors Archived 2018-04-15 at the Wayback Machine