AFGHANISTANhistorical demographical data of the administrative division |
VELAYAT = PROVINCE | capital | surface/sq.km | surface/sq.km | surface/sq.km | surface/sq.mi | e1993 | e1990 | e1984 | 1982 | 1981 | e1979 | e1975m | e1970 | 1965? | 1948? | code | code | pos. | particulars of the data | variants of the name |
source: | LB | SY | VD (1964) | GL | BB | SY | GL/EB | LB | SL | GL/AA | EW | WG | GL/HB | CA | GL | FIPS | ||||
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Badakhshan | Faizabad | 47403 | 45556 | 44800 | 18035 | 554,0 | 496,0 | 520,6 | 509,0 | 354,6 | 424,0 | 344,5 | 497,8 | BD | AF01 | ne | Badah`sān, Badakchan | |||
Badghis | Kalainow (Qala-i-Naw) | 21858 | 22136 | 22900 | 8438 | 318,0 | 253,0 | 244,3 | 239,0 | 329,5 | 348,0 | 320,1 | 233,6 | BG | AF02 | nw | Badghes, Badghisat, Bādgīs | |||
Baghlan | Baghlan | 17109 | 18144 | 14400 | 6605 | 484,0 | 498,0 | 516,9 | 505,0 | 641,8 | 565,0 | 733,5 | 493,9 | BL | AF03 | ne | Ba`glān | |||
Balkh | Mazar-i-Sharif | 12593 | 12319 | 14050 | 4569 | 629,0 | 584,0 | 609,6 | 595,0 | 364,1 | 428,0 | 353,7 | 569,3 | BK | AF30 | nc | Mazar-i-Sharif, Balh | |||
Bamian | Bamian | 17414 | 18033 | 23350 | 6722 | 317,0 | 292,0 | 280,9 | 274,0 | 356,2 | 332,0 | 346,0 | 268,5 | BM | AF05 | c | Bamiyan, Bamyan, Bāmyān | |||
Farah | Farah | 47788 | 58900 | 58850 | 22716 | 378,0 | 365,0 | 245,5 | 240,0 | 323,5 | 364,0 | 314,3 | 234,6 | FH | AF06 | w | Farāh | |||
Fariab | Maymana (Maimana) | 22279 | 20331 | 22400 | 8600 | 674,0 | 561,0 | 609,7 | 596,0 | 447,5 | 493,0 | 434,7 | 582,7 | FB | AF07 | nw | Faryab, Fāryāb | |||
Ghazni | Ghazni | 23378 | 22059 | 22400 | 12704 | 771,0 | 719,0 | 676,4 | 661,0 | 1136,4 | 1010,0 | 1205,5 | 646,6 | GZ | AF08 | cs | `Gaznī | |||
Ghor | Cheghcheran (Chakcharan) | 38666 | 40247 | 31050 | 14926 | 318,0 | 350,0 | 353,5 | 346,0 | 333,0 | 339,0 | 323,5 | 338,0 | GR | AF09 | cw | Ghowr, Ghur, Ghore | |||
Helmand | Lashkargha (formerly: Bost) | 61829 | 61420 | 59900 | 23867 | 542,0 | 584,0 | 541,5 | 529,0 | 325,8 | 288,0 | 317,6 | 517,6 | HM | AF10 | sc | Gōr | |||
Herat | Herat | 61315 | 43334 | 41550 | 19966 | 870,0 | 702,0 | 808,2 | 788,0 | 706,1 | 733,0 | 685,8 | 769,1 | HR | AF11 | nw | Herāt | |||
Jawzjan | Shiberghan (Sherberghan) | 25553 | 10456 | 23550 | 9864 | 678,0 | 658,0 | 615,9 | 602,0 | 442,1 | 408,0 | 430,5 | 588,6 | JW | AF31 | nc | Jowzjan, Jouzjan, `Gouz`gān, Jozjan | |||
Kabul | Kabul | 4585 | 4685 | 3150 | 1770 | 2280,0 | 1407,0 | 1517,9 | 1444,0 | 1330,1 | 1463,0 | 1293,4 | 1864,0 | KB | AF13 | ce | Kabol, Kābul | |||
Kapesa | Mahmudraki (formerly: Sarobi) | 1871 | 5407 | 4700 | 722 | 433,0 | 262,0 | 256,0 | 354,9 | 344,7 | KP | AF14 | ce | founded 1981; split from Parwan | Kapisa, Kapīsa | |||||
Katawaz-Urozgan | Katawaz | 16550 | ||||||||||||||||||
Khowst | created ca. 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||
Kunar | Asadabad (formerly: Chagha Sarai) | 10479 | 10153 | 9650 | 4045 | 308,0 | 331,0 | 261,6 | 256,0 | 339,3 | 329,7 | 250,1 | KO | AF15 | ec | founded 1981; split from Nangarhar | Konar, Kunarha, Konarha | |||
Kunduz | Kunduz | 7827 | 8576 | 7800 | 3021 | 577,0 | 589,0 | 582,6 | 568,0 | 417,4 | 468,0 | 405,4 | 555,4 | KZ | AF24 | nc | Konduz, Kondoz, Qunduz, Qonduz, Kundūz | |||
Laghman | Mehterlam | 7210 | 7147 | 7500 | 2783 | 379,0 | 397,0 | 325,0 | 318,0 | 229,1 | 272,0 | 222,5 | 310,8 | LM | AF16 | ec | La`gmān | |||
Loghar | Pul-i-Alam (formerly: Baraki Rajan) | 4652 | 4853 | 4800 | 1703 | 265,0 | 230,0 | 226,2 | 221,0 | 318,3 | 314,0 | 309,2 | LW | AF17 | ce | founded 1981; capital at first Baraiki Barak | Lowgar, Logar, Lōgar | |||
Nangarhar | Jalalabad | 7616 | 7650 | 7400 | 2940 | 1003,0 | 806,0 | 781,6 | 764,0 | 842,1 | 1151,0 | 817,9 | 746,0 | NG | AF18 | ec | Ningrahar, Nangarhār | |||
Neemroze | Zarang (Kang, Zaranj) | 41356 | 40902 | 45850 | 15964 | 140,0 | 115,0 | 108,4 | 106,0 | 125,4 | 101,0 | 121,9 | 103,6 | NM | AF19 | sw | Nimruz, Nimroze, Chakhansur, Nīmrōz, Chakhansoor | |||
Nurestan | created ca. 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||
Paktia | Gardiz (Gardez) | 9581 | 9709 | 9600 | 6768 | 524,0 | 495,0 | 506,3 | 495,0 | 513,1 | 732,8 | 497,5 | PA | AF21 | ec | Paktiya, Paktya, Paktyā | ||||
Paktika | Sheran | 19336 | 19101 | 7466 | 251,0 | 724,0 | 256,5 | 859,1 | 908,0 | 245,2 | PK | AF29 | se | formed 1982 form parts of Ghazni and Paktia | Paktīkā | |||||
Parvan | Sharikhar (Charikar) | 9399 | 6365 | 10550 | 3629 | 531,0 | 804,0 | 528,0 | 516,0 | 913,3 | 1152,0 | 887,1 | 755,3 | PR | AF22 | ce | Parwan, Parvān | |||
Qandahar | Qandahar | 47676 | 48630 | 49950 | 19085 | 738,0 | 717,0 | 598,0 | 582,0 | 763,1 | 803,0 | 742,3 | 567,2 | KD | AF23 | sc | Kandahar, Qandahār | |||
Samangan | Aibak (Samangan) | 15465 | 12902 | 13050 | 6263 | 313,0 | 282,0 | 273,9 | 268,0 | 213,4 | 301,0 | 207,3 | 272,6 | SM | AF32 | nc | Samangān | |||
Sar-e Pol | Sar-e Pol | 24484 | AF33 | created ca. 1990, formed from parts of Balkh, Jawzjan and Samangan | Saripol | |||||||||||||||
Takhar | Talukan (Taluqan) | 12376 | 12939 | 13550 | 4777 | 558,0 | 541,0 | 543,8 | 532,0 | 508,8 | 468,0 | 494,3 | 519,8 | TK | AF26 | ne | Tahār | |||
Uruzgan | Terincot (Tarin, Urozgan) | 29295 | 28522 | 29150 | 11103 | 502,0 | 495,0 | 464,6 | 454,0 | 513,1 | 461,0 | 527,8 | 444,2 | TK | AF20 | c | Oruzgan, Ōrūzgān | |||
Vardak | Maidanshar (Maidan) | 9023 | 9762 | 9400 | 3721 | 399,0 | 318,0 | 300,8 | 294,0 | 427,9 | 372,0 | 415,6 | VR | AF27 | ce | founded 1981 | Wardag, Wardak | |||
Zabul | Qalat (Kalat) | 17293 | 17503 | 19050 | 6675 | 186,0 | 186,0 | 187,6 | 183,0 | 368,6 | 294,0 | 358,1 | 179,4 | ZB | AF28 | sc | Zabol, Zābol | |||
TOTAL: | Kabul | 652225 | 652225 | 640900 | 259447 | 15920,0 | 14499,0 | 13747,8 | 13141,0 | 14797,6 | 14260,0 | 14019,7 | 13051,4 | unrounded count total 1982: 13747786 | ||||||
REGION | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Central | 30192 | 11657 | 3481,4 | |||||||||||||||||
East | 25386 | 9802 | 1567,5 | |||||||||||||||||
East-central | 56304 | 21739 | 685,6 | |||||||||||||||||
North | 76457 | 29520 | 2421,9 | |||||||||||||||||
North-east | 78304 | 30233 | 2518,3 | |||||||||||||||||
South | 50569 | 19525 | 1659,6 | |||||||||||||||||
South-west | 199430 | 77000 | 2188,7 | |||||||||||||||||
West | 119624 | 46187 | 1497,5 | |||||||||||||||||
not included in detailed breakdown: | 15960 | 6162 | ||||||||||||||||||
TOTAL: | Kabul | 652226 | 251825 | 16020,5 | ||||||||||||||||
PROVINCE | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Badakhshan | Faizabad | |||||||||||||||||||
Farah | Farah | |||||||||||||||||||
Ghazni | Ghazni | |||||||||||||||||||
Herat | Herat | |||||||||||||||||||
Junubi | Gardiz | |||||||||||||||||||
Kabul | Kabul | |||||||||||||||||||
Kandahar | Kandahar | |||||||||||||||||||
Kataghan | Baghlan | |||||||||||||||||||
Maimana | Maimana | |||||||||||||||||||
Mashriqi | Jalalabad | |||||||||||||||||||
Mazar | Mazar-i-Sharif | |||||||||||||||||||
Parvan | Charikar | |||||||||||||||||||
TOTAL: | Kabul |
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