Afghanistan
Afghanistan is in Southern Asia, with its capital at Kabul and an area of about 652,230 km². Explore its flag, anthem, population, GDP ranking, government, natural resources, provinces and major cities on an interactive 3D globe.
- Official name
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Capital
- Kabul
- Region
- Asia · Southern Asia
- Area
- 652,230 km²
- Languages
- Dari, Pashto, Turkmen
- Currencies
- Afghan afghani (AFN)
- Natural resources
- natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones, arable land
- Industries
- small-scale production of bricks, textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, apparel, food products, non-alcoholic beverages, mineral water, cement; handwoven carpets; natural gas, coal, copper
- Main exports
- coal, grapes, tropical fruits, gum resins, other nuts
First-level divisions (34)
- Badakhshan
- Badghis
- Balkh
- Faryab
- Ghōr
- Helmand
- Jowzjan
- Kapisa
- Khost
- Kunar
- Kunduz
- Laghman
- Logar
- Maidan Wardak
- Nangarhar
- Nimruz
- Nuristan
- Paktia
- Paktika
- Parwan
- Parwan
- Samangan
- Sar-e Pol
- Takhar
- Urozgan
- Urozgan
- Zabul
- Kandahar
- Baghlan
- Farah
- Ghazni
- Herat
- Kabul
- Bamyan
Major cities
- Kabul (population 3,277,000)
- Kandahar (population 715,542)
- Jalalabad (population 597,971)
- Herat (population 481,009)
- Mazar-i-Sharif (population 458,151)
- Kunduz (population 259,809)
- Baghlan (population 218,748)
- Lashkar Gah (population 201,546)
- Maymana (population 199,795)
- Balkh (population 179,969)
- Ghazni (population 141,000)
- Gardēz (population 103,601)
- Sheberghan (population 93,241)
- Farah (population 73,647)
- Andkhoy (population 71,730)