Province

Area(Sq Km)

Center of province

Population

Badakhshan

47,403

Feyzabad

521,000

Badghis

21,858

Qala-i-Now

244.000

Baghlan

17,107

Baghlan

517,000

Balkh

12,593

Mazar-i-Sharif

610,000

Bamian

17,414

Bamian

281,000

Farah

47,788

Farah

245,000

Faryab

22,279

Meymanah

610,000

Ghazni

23,378

Ghazni

676,000

Ghour

38,666

Chaghcharan

354,000

Helmand

61,829

Lashkargah

542,000

Herat

61,315

Herat

808,000

Jozjan

25,553

Shiberghan

616,000

Kabul

4,585

Kabul

1,518,000

Kapisa

1,871

Mahmud-i-Eraqi

262,000

Kunar

10,479

Asadabad

262,000

Laghman

7,210

Metharlam

325,000

Logar

4,652

Barakibarak

226,000

Nangarhar

7,616

Jalalabad

782,000

Nimruz

41,356

Zaranj

108,000

Paktia

9,581

Gardez

506,000

Paktika

19,336

Sharanah

256,000

Parwan

9,399

Charikar

528,000

Qandahar

47,676

Qandahar

598,000

Qunduz

7,827

Qunduz

583,000

Samangan

15,465

Aibak

274,000

Takhar

12,376

Taloqan

544,000

Uruzgan

29,295

Tarin-kot

465,000

Wardak

9,023

Meydan Shahr

301,000

Zabul

17,293

Qalat-i-Ghilzai

188,000