List of cities in Afghanistan

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The following are twelve largest cities of Afghanistan. The populations given are the 2006 estimated figures by the Central Statistics Office of Afghanistan. The following figures include the population of the Urban areas only.

• Kabul - 3 000 000
• Kandahar - 450,300
• Herat - 349,000
• Mazari Sharif - 300,600
• Qunduz - 264,100
• Taluqan - 196,400
• Puli Khumri - 180,800
• Jalalabad - 168,600
• Charikar - 153,500
• Sheberghan - 143,900
• Ghazni - 141,000
• Sari Pul - 136,000

Ancient names of places or cities in areas now in Afghanistan and the adjoining areas now falling outside Afghanistan:

Current Place or Areas	Ancient name
Kabul,	Chabolo, Kophene [1], Gaofū, Kābūrā
Ghazni	Ghaznīn, Ghazna, Sejestan
Balkh	Bactra, Bokhdī
Herat	Haraiva, Harī, Aria
Laghman	Lampaka [1]
Jalalabad	Nagarahara[1]Adinapur[2]
Swat	Udayana [1]
Balti Areas	Bolor [1]
Kandahar and adjoining areas	Arachosia[1]

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Places in Afghanistan

[edit] External links

• Central Statistics Office of Afghanistan
• Photos of afghan cities
• World Gazetteer: Afghanistan - map