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The Provinces of Afghanistan (locally recognized as wilayats) are the primary political subdivisions of Afghanistan. There are currently thirty-four (34) provinces in the country, with four having been added between 2001 and 2004. Each province is further divided into smaller districts.

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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Province map of Afghanistan
Provinces of Afghanistan
Province Map # ISO 3166-2:AF[1] Capital Population Area Language Notes
Badakhshan 30 AF-BDS Fayzabad 725,700[2] 44,059 km² Dari Composed of 29 districts
Badghis 4 AF-BDG Qala i Naw 301,000 20,591 km² Dari Composed of 7 districts
Baghlan 19 AF-BGL Puli Khumri 745,000[2] 21,118 km² Composed of 16 districts
Balkh 13 AF-BAL Mazari Sharif 869,000 17,249 km² Dari Composed of 15 districts
Bamiyan 15 AF-BAM Bamiyan 356,000 14,175 km² Dari and Hazaragi Composed of 7 districts
Daykundi 10 AF-DAY Nili 8,088 km² Dari, Hazaragi and Pashto Composed of 8 districts
Formed from Orūzgān Province in 2004
Farah 2 AF-FRA Farah 338,000 48,471 km² Dari and Pashto Composed of 11 districts
Faryab 5 AF-FYB Maymana 782,000 20,293 km² Dari, Turkmen and Uzbek Composed of 14 districts
Ghazni 16 AF-GHA Ghazni 931,000 22,915 km² Dari, Hazaragi and Pashto Composed of 19 districts
Ghor 6 AF-GHO Chaghcharan 485,000[3] 36,479 km² Dari Composed of 10 districts
Helmand 7 AF-HEL Lashkar Gah 745,000[3] 58,584 km² Pashto Composed of 13 districts
Herat 1 AF-HER Herat 1,182,000 54,778 km² Dari Composed of 15 districts
Jowzjan 8 AF-JOW Sheberghan 441,000 11,798 km² Uzbek Composed of 9 districts
Kabul 22 AF-KAB Kabul 3,138,100[4] 4,462 km² Dari and Pashto Composed of 15 districts
Kandahar 12 AF-KAN Kandahar 886,000 54,022 km² Pashto Composed of 16 districts
Kapisa 29 AF-KAP Mahmud-i-Raqi 360,000 1,842 km² Dari Composed of 7 districts
Khost 26 AF-KHO Khost 300,000 4,152 km² Pashto Composed of 13 districts
Kunar 34 AF-KNR Asadabad 321,000[5] km² Pashto Composed of 15 districts
Kunduz 18 AF-KDZ Kunduz 820,000[3] 8,040 km² Dari, Pashto, Turkmen and Uzbek Composed of 7 districts
Laghman 32 AF-LAG Mihtarlam District 285,680[2] km² Dari, Pashai and Pashto Composed of 5 districts
Lowgar 23 AF-LOW Pul-i-Alam 292,000 3,880 km² Dari and Pashto Composed of 7 districts
Nangarhar 33 AF-NAN Jalalabad 1,089,000[3] 7,727 km² Pashto Composed of 23 districts
Nimruz 3 AF-NIM Zaranj 149,000[3] 41,0005 km² Balochi, Dari and Pashto Composed of 5 districts
Nurestan 31 AF-NUR Kamdesh km² Nuristani Composed of 7 districts
Orūzgān 11 AF-ORU Tarin Kowt 400,000 22,696 km² Pashto Composed of 6 districts
Paktia 24 AF-PIA Gardez 415,000 6,432 km² Pashto Composed of 11 districts
Paktika 25 AF-PKA Sharan 352,000 19,482 km² Pashto Composed of 15 districts
Panjshir 28 AF-PAN Bazarak 128,620 3,610 km² Dari Created in 2004
Parwan 20 AF-PAR Charikar 726,000[6] 5,974 km² Dari Composed of 9 districts
Samangan 14 AF-SAM Aybak 378,000[3] 11,262 km² Dari Composed of 5 districts
Sar-e Pol 9 AF-SAR Sar-e Pol 468,000[6] 15,999 km² Dari and Uzbek composed of 6 districts
Takhar 27 AF-TAK Taloqan 750,000[6] 12,333 km² Dari and Uzbek Composed of 12 districts
Wardak 21 AF-WAR Meydan Shahr 413,000[6] 8,938 km² Dari and Pashto Composed of 9 districts
Zabul 17 AF-ZAB Qalat 365,920 17,343 km² Pashto Composed of 9 districts

A 32 province scheme was in use from 1996 to 2004

  1. ^ ISO 3166-2:AF ( ISO 3166-2 codes for the provinces of Afghanistan)
  2. ^ a b c Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS)
  3. ^ a b c d e f Provinces of Afghanistan on Statoids.
  4. ^ Census by the Central Statistics Office of Afghanistan
  5. ^ Afghanistan's Provinces - Konar at USAID
  6. ^ Cite error 8; No text given.

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