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The Provinces of Afghanistan (locally recognized as wilayats - ولايت) are the primary administrative divisions of Afghanistan. There are currently thirty-four (34) provinces in the country, with two (Panjshir and Daykundi)having been added in 2004. Each province is further divided into smaller districts. Much of the districts and administrative divisions of the country are remnants of the 1960’s overhaul, where districts were gerrymandered to assure Pashtun dominance.[1]

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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[edit] Provinces of Afghanistan

Province map of Afghanistan
Provinces of Afghanistan
Province Map # ISO 3166-2:AF[2] Centers Population Area (km²) Language Notes
Badakhshan 30 AF-BDS Fayzabad 725,700[3] 44,059 Dari Persian, Pashto Composed of 29 districts
Badghis 4 AF-BDG Qala i Naw 301,000[4] 20,591 Pashto, Dari Persian 7 districts
Baghlan 19 AF-BGL Puli Khumri 745,000[3] 21,118 Uzbek, Turkmen, Pashto, Dari Persian 16 districts
Balkh 13 AF-BAL Mazari Sharif 869,000[5] 17,249 Dari Persian, Pashto 15 districts
Bamiyan 15 AF-BAM Bamiyan 356,000[6] 14,175 Dari Persian and Hazaragi 7 districts
Daykundi 10 AF-DAY Nili 8,088 Dari Persian, Hazaragi and Pashto 8 districts
Formed from Orūzgān Province in 2004
Farah 2 AF-FRA Farah 338,000[7] 48,471 Pashto, Dari Persian, Baloch 11 districts
Faryab 5 AF-FYB Maymana 782,000[8] 20,293 Dari Persian, Turkmen and Uzbek 14 districts
Ghazni 16 AF-GHA Ghazni 931,000[9] 22,915 Pashto, Dari Persian and Hazaragi 19 districts
Ghor 6 AF-GHO Chaghcharan 485,000[10] 36,479 Pashto, Dari Persian 10 districts
Helmand 7 AF-HEL Lashkar Gah 745,000[10] 58,584 Pashto 13 districts
Herat 1 AF-HER Herat 1,182,000[11] 54,778 Pashto, Dari Persian 15 districts
Jowzjan 8 AF-JOW Sheberghan 441,000[12] 11,798 Uzbek, Dari Persian and Pashto 9 districts
Kabul 22 AF-KAB Kabul 3,138,100[13] 3,314,000[10][14] 4,462 Pashto, Dari Persian, Turkmen and Uzbek 15 districts
Kandahar 12 AF-KAN Kandahar 886,000[15] 54,022 Pashto 16 districts
Kapisa 29 AF-KAP Mahmud-i-Raqi 360,000[16] 1,842 Dari Persian 7 districts
Khost 26 AF-KHO Khost 300,000[17] 4,152 Pashto 13 districts
Kunar 34 AF-KNR Asadabad 321,000[18] 4,942 Pashto 15 districts
Kunduz 18 AF-KDZ Kunduz 820,000[10] 8,040 Uzbek, Turkmen, Pashto and Dari Persian 7 districts
Laghman 32 AF-LAG Mihtarlam District 285,680[3] 373,000[10][19] 3,880 Pashto, Dari Persian 7 districts
Nangarhar 33 AF-NAN Jalalabad 1,089,000[10] 7,727 Pashto, Dari Persian 23 districts
Nimruz 3 AF-NIM Zaranj 149,000[10] 41,005 Balochi, Dari Persian and Pashto 5 districts
Nurestan 31 AF-NUR Parun 112,000[10][20] 22,696 Pashto 6 districts
Paktia 24 AF-PIA Gardez 415,000[21] 6,432 Pashto 11 districts
Paktika 25 AF-PKA Sharan 352,000[22] 19,482 Pashto 15 districts
Panjshir 28 AF-PAN Bazarak 128,620 3,610 Dari Persian 5 districts
Created in 2004 from Parwan Province
Parwan 20 AF-PAR Charikar 726,000[23] 5,974 Dari Persian, Pashto Composed of 9 districts
Samangan 14 AF-SAM Aybak 378,000[10] 11,262 Uzbek, Dari Persian 5 districts
Sar-e Pol 9 AF-SAR Sar-e Pol 468,000[24] 15,999 Dari Persian, Pashto and Uzbek 6 districts
Takhar 27 AF-TAK Taloqan 750,000[25] 12,333 Dari Persian, Pashto and Uzbek 12 districts
Wardak 21 AF-WAR Meydan Shahr 413,000[26] 8,938 Pashto 9 districts
Zabul 17 AF-ZAB Qalat 365,920
258,000[10][27]		 17,343 Pashto 9 districts

[edit] Historical provinces

A 32 province scheme was in use from 1996 to 2004

[edit] References

  1. ^ Barnett, R. Rubin, The Fragmentation of Afghanistan, page 73
  2. ^ ISO 3166-2:AF ( ISO 3166-2 codes for the provinces of Afghanistan)
  3. ^ a b c Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS)
  4. ^ Afghanistan's Provinces – Badghis at USAID
  5. ^ Afghanistan's Provinces – Balkh at USAID
  6. ^ Afghanistan's Provinces – Bamyan at USAID
  7. ^ Afghanistan's Provinces – Farah at USAID
  8. ^ Afghanistan's Provinces – Faryab at USAID
  9. ^ Afghanistan's Provinces – Ghazni at USAID
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Provinces of Afghanistan on Statoids.
  11. ^ Afghanistan's Provinces – Herat at USAID
  12. ^ Afghanistan's Provinces – Jowzjan at USAID
  13. ^ Census by the Central Statistics Office of Afghanistan
  14. ^ Afghanistan's Provinces – Kabul at USAID
  15. ^ Afghanistan's Provinces – Kandahar at USAID
  16. ^ Afghanistan's Provinces – Kapisa at USAID
  17. ^ Afghanistan's Provinces – Khost at USAID
  18. ^ Afghanistan's Provinces – Konar at USAID
  19. ^ Afghanistan's Provinces – Laghman at USAID || align=right| 3,843 || Pashto, Dari Persian and Pashai || 5 districts |- | Lowgar || align="center"| 23 || align="center"| AF-LOW || Pul-i-Alam || align=right| 292,000<ref>[http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/Province.21.aspx Afghanistan's Provinces{{ndash}} Lowgar at USAID]</li> <li id="cite_note-19">'''[[#cite_ref-19|^]]''' [http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/Province.24.aspx Afghanistan's Provinces{{ndash}} Nurestan at USAID] || align=right| 9,225 || [[Nuristani languages|Nuristani]], Pashto || 7 districts |- | [[Orūzgān Province|Orūzgān]] || align="center"| 11 || align="center"| AF-ORU || [[Tarin Kowt]] || align=right| 627,000<ref>[http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/Province.25.aspx Afghanistan's Provinces{{ndash}} Uruzgan at USAID]</li> <li id="cite_note-20">'''[[#cite_ref-20|^]]''' [http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/Province.26.aspx Afghanistan's Provinces{{ndash}} Paktia at USAID]</li> <li id="cite_note-21">'''[[#cite_ref-21|^]]''' [http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/Province.27.aspx Afghanistan's Provinces{{ndash}} Paktika at USAID]</li> <li id="cite_note-22">'''[[#cite_ref-22|^]]''' [http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/Province.29.aspx Afghanistan's Provinces{{ndash}} Parwan at USAID]</li> <li id="cite_note-23">'''[[#cite_ref-23|^]]''' [http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/Province.31.aspx Afghanistan's Provinces{{ndash}} Sar-e Pol at USAID]</li> <li id="cite_note-24">'''[[#cite_ref-24|^]]''' [http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/Province.32.aspx Afghanistan's Provinces{{ndash}} Takhar at USAID]</li> <li id="cite_note-25">'''[[#cite_ref-25|^]]''' [http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/Province.33.aspx Afghanistan's Provinces{{ndash}} Wardak at USAID]</li> <li id="cite_note-26">'''[[#cite_ref-26|^]]''' [http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/Province.34.aspx Afghanistan's Provinces{{ndash}} Zabul at USAID]</li></ol></ref>

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