Provinces of Afghanistan

The Provinces of Afghanistan (ولايت Wolayat) are the primary administrative divisions of Afghanistan. There are currently thirty-four provinces in the country, with two (Panjshir and Daykundi) having been added in 2004. Each province is further divided into smaller districts. Provincial governments are led by a . Each province is represented in the by two members in the. 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 is directly from the districts, although in each province, two of the representatives must be women. These are appointed by the President.

Provinces of Afghanistan

Province map of Afghanistan

Provinces of Afghanistan[1]

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