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The Provinces of Afghanistan (locally recognized as wilayats - ولايت) are the primary administrative divisions of Afghanistan. There are currently thirty-four (34) provinces in the country, with two (Panjshir and Daykundi) having been added in 2004. Each province is further divided into smaller districts. Much of the districts and administrative divisions of the country are remnants of the 1960’s overhaul, where districts were gerrymandered to assure Pashtun dominance.1

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 province, two of the representatives must be women. These are appointed by the President.

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Provinces of Afghanistan

Province map of Afghanistan
Provinces of Afghanistan2
Province Map # ISO 3166-2:AF3 Centers Population Area (km²) Language Notes U.N. Region
Badakhshan 30 AF-BDS Fayzabad 823,000 44,059 Dari Persian, Pashto Composed of 29 districts North East Afghanistan
Badghis 4 AF-BDG Qala i Naw 429,500 20,591 Pashto, Dari Persian 7 districts West Afghanistan
Baghlan 19 AF-BGL Puli Khumri 779,000 21,118 Uzbek, Turkmen, Pashto, Dari Persian 16 districts North East Afghanistan
Balkh 13 AF-BAL Mazari Sharif 1,096,100 17,249 Dari Persian, Pashto 15 districts North Afghanistan
Bamiyan 15 AF-BAM Bamiyan 387,300 14,175 Dari Persian and Hazaragi 7 districts East Central Afghanistan
Daykundi 10 AF-DAY Nili 399,600 8,088 Dari Persian, Hazaragi and Pashto 8 districts
Formed from Orūzgān Province in 2004		 South West Afghanistan
Farah 2 AF-FRA Farah 438,000 48,471 Pashto, Dari Persian, Baloch 11 districts West Afghanistan
Faryab 5 AF-FYB Maymana 858,600 20,293 Dari Persian, Turkmen and Uzbek 14 districts West Afghanistan
Ghazni 16 AF-GHA Ghazni 931,000 22,915 Pashto, Dari Persian and Hazaragi 19 districts South Afghanistan
Ghor 6 AF-GHO Chaghcharan 485,000 36,479 Pashto, Dari Persian 10 districts East Central Afghanistan
Helmand 7 AF-HEL Lashkar Gah 745,000 58,584 Pashto 13 districts South West Afghanistan
Herat 1 AF-HER Herat 1,182,000 54,778 Pashto, Dari Persian 15 districts West Afghanistan
Jowzjan 8 AF-JOW Sheberghan 441,000 11,798 Uzbek, Dari Persian and Pashto 9 districts North Afghanistan
Kabul 22 AF-KAB Kabul 3,314,000 4,462 Pashto, Dari Persian, Turkmen and Uzbek 15 districts Central Afghanistan
Kandahar 12 AF-KAN Kandahar 886,000 54,022 Pashto 16 districts South West Afghanistan
Kapisa 29 AF-KAP Mahmud-i-Raqi 360,000 1,842 Dari Persian 7 districts Central Afghanistan
Khost 26 AF-KHO Khost 300,000 4,152 Pashto 13 districts South Afghanistan
Kunar 34 AF-KNR Asadabad 321,000 4,942 Pashto 15 districts East Afghanistan
Kunduz 18 AF-KDZ Kunduz 820,000 8,040 Uzbek, Turkmen, Pashto and Dari Persian 7 districts North East Afghanistan
Laghman 32 AF-LAG Mihtarlam District 373,000 3,843 Pashto, Dari Persian and Pashai 5 districts East Afghanistan
Lowgar 23 AF-LOW Pul-i-Alam 292,000 3,880 Pashto, Dari Persian 7 districts Central Afghanistan
Nangarhar 33 AF-NAN Jalalabad 1,089,000 7,727 Pashto, Dari Persian 23 districts East Afghanistan
Nimruz 3 AF-NIM Zaranj 149,000 41,005 Balochi, Dari Persian and Pashto 5 districts South West Afghanistan
Nurestan 31 AF-NUR Parun 112,000 9,225 Nuristani, Pashto 7 districts East Afghanistan
Orūzgān 11 AF-ORU Tarin Kowt 627,000 22,696 Pashto 6 districts South West Afghanistan
Paktia 24 AF-PIA Gardez 415,000 6,432 Pashto 11 districts South Afghanistan
Paktika 25 AF-PKA Sharan 352,000 19,482 Pashto 15 districts South Afghanistan
Panjshir 28 AF-PAN Bazarak 128,620 3,610 Dari Persian 5 districts
Created in 2004 from Parwan Province		 Central Afghanistan
Parwan 20 AF-PAR Charikar 726,000 5,974 Dari Persian, Pashto Composed of 9 districts Central Afghanistan
Samangan 14 AF-SAM Aybak 378,000 11,262 Uzbek, Dari Persian 5 districts North Afghanistan
Sar-e Pol 9 AF-SAR Sar-e Pol 468,000 15,999 Dari Persian, Pashto and Uzbek 6 districts North Afghanistan
Takhar 27 AF-TAK Taloqan 810,800 12,333 Dari Persian, Pashto and Uzbek 12 districts North East Afghanistan
Wardak 21 AF-WAR Meydan Shahr 413,000 8,938 Pashto 9 districts Central Afghanistan
Zabul 17 AF-ZAB Qalat 365,920 17,343 Pashto 9 districts South West Afghanistan

Historical provinces

A 32 province scheme was in use from 1996 to 2004

References

  1. ^ Barnett, R. Rubin, The Fragmentation of Afghanistan, page 73
  2. ^ References and details on data provided in the table can be found within the individual provincial articles.
  3. ^ ISO 3166-2:AF ( ISO 3166-2 codes for the provinces of Afghanistan)

See also

External links

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