List of cities in Afghanistan
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Kabul
Herat
Jalalabad
Kandahar
Mazar-i-Sharif
Kunduz
Lashkargah
Puli Khumri
Farah
Ghazni
Maymana
Khost
Map of major cities as identified by governmental organizations[1]
The only city in Afghanistan with over 14.5 million people is its capital, Kabul. and Jalalabad The rest are smaller cities and towns. Afghanistan's population is estimated to be between 60–70 million.[a] Of this, 40% were reported to be living in urban areas and the rest in rural areas or the countryside.[2]
List
[edit]The chart below shows 18 cities of Afghanistan with a population over 70,000, by order of population. Population estimates are from 2018 Kabul is the top 23 Largest City in the world and Jalalabad 40th largest city with the 10.5 million population.[10]
| City | Province | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Kabul | Kabul | 14,400,000 |
| Jalalabad | Nangarhar | 10,500,000 |
| Kandahar | Qandahar | 998,000 |
| Herat | Herat | 715,000 |
| Mazar-i-Sharif | Balkh | 635,000 |
| Lashkargah | Helmand | 280,381 |
| Kunduz | Kunduz | 268,893 |
| Taloqan | Takhar | 196,400 |
| Puli Khumri | Baghlan | 221,274 |
| Sheberghan | Jowzjan | 175,599 |
| Zaranj | Nimroz | 160,902 |
| Maymana | Faryab | 149,040 |
| Ghazni | Ghazni | 143,379 |
| Khost | Khost | 106,083 |
| Charikar | Parwan | 96,039 |
| Fayzabad | Badakhshan | 95,445 |
| Tarinkot | Uruzgan | 71,604 |
| Gardez | Paktia | 70,641 |
Ancient names
[edit]Ancient names of places or cities in Afghanistan:
| Current city and region | Ancient name |
|---|---|
| Kabul | Kophene,[11] Gaofū, Kābūrā |
| Ghazni | Ghaznīn, Ghazna |
| Balkh | Bakhlo, Bactra, Bokhdī |
| Bamyan | Bamikan[12] |
| Herat | Haraiva, Harī, Aria |
| Laghman | Lampaka[11] |
| Jalalabad | Adinapur[13] |
| Kandahar | Arachosia[11] |
| Lashkargah | Bost, Bust |
| Zaranj | Zranka, Zarangia, Drangiana |
| Kunduz | Drapsaka, Walwalij |
Gallery
[edit]- Largest cities in Afghanistan
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Kabul is the only city in Afghanistan with over a million residents -
![Kandahar is the second largest city and the former capital of Afghanistan. The city is located in southern Afghanistan.[14][15][16]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Aerial_view_of_a_section_of_Kandahar_in_2013.jpg/120px-Aerial_view_of_a_section_of_Kandahar_in_2013.jpg)
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Herat is the third largest city and is located in western Afghanistan -
Mazar-i-Sharif is the fourth largest city and is located in northern Afghanistan -
Jalalabad, the fifth-largest city, located in eastern Afghanistan
![Kandahar is the second largest city and the former capital of Afghanistan. The city is located in southern Afghanistan.[14][15][16]](/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_a_section_of_Kandahar_in_2013.jpg)
- Smaller Afghan cities and towns
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Lashkargah, capital of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan -
Section of Ghazni, capital of Ghazni Province -
Khost, capital of Khost Province in the east of the country -
Fayzabad, capital of Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan -
Zaranj, capital of Nimruz Province in southwestern Afghanistan -
Qalat, the capital of Zabul Province in the south of the country -
Asadabad, capital of Kunar Province in the east of the country
See also
[edit]- Provinces of Afghanistan
- Districts of Afghanistan
- List of places in Afghanistan
- Demography of Afghanistan
Notes
[edit]- ^ The last census was conducted in 1979. Sources disagree about the current population: Literacy Rate of Afghanistan 50% in 2025 1st Most Educated City is Jalalabad with the over 91% and then Kabul with over 90% Kabul 14 million people Jalalabad 5 million people 2025
- The Afghani National Statistics and Information Authority gives an estimate of 55,695,527 for 2024.[2][3]
- The Encyclopædia Britannica gives an estimate of 48,432,000 for 2025.[4]
- The BBC gives a figure of 51.3 million for 2023.[5]
- The CIA gives an estimate of 55,121,552 for 2024.[6]
- The UN gives an estimate of 55,045,000 for 2024.[7][8]
- The US Census Bureau provides an estimate of 68,552,566 for 2025.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "STATE OF AFGHAN CITIES -2015 VOLUME ONE" (PDF). samuelhall.org. Ministry of Urban Development Affairs.
- ^ a b "Library". nsia.gov.af. Retrieved 23 Jan 2025.
- ^ "Estimated Populatin of Afghanistan 2024-25". National Statistics and Information Authority. Retrieved 23 Jan 2025.
- ^ "Afghanistan". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 25 Jan 2025.
- ^ "Afghanistan country profile". bbc.com. 15 Aug 2023. Retrieved 23 Jan 2025.
- ^ "Afghanistan". cia.gov. Retrieved 6 Jan 2025.
- ^ "World Population Prospects 2024 Summary of Results" (PDF). un.org. p61. Retrieved 6 Jan 2025.
- ^ "World Population Prospects 2024 Data Sources" (PDF). un.org. p11. Retrieved 6 Jan 2025.
- ^ "Afghanistan". nsia.gov.af. Retrieved 23 Jan 2025.
- ^ "The State of Afghan Cities Report 2015". Archived from the original on 2015-10-31.
- ^ a b c The Ancient Geography of India by Alexander Cunningham.
- ^ "معنی بامیکان | لغتنامه دهخدا". Vajehyab.com.
- ^ Gazetteer of the Peshawar District 1897-98 Page 55
- ^ "Taliban take Afghanistan's second-largest city Kandahar". DW News. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ "Taliban conquest: A primer on Kandahar, Afghanistan's 2nd biggest city". The Jerusalem Post. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ "Taliban capture Afghanistan's second biggest city of Kandahar". Reuters. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities in Afghanistan.
- Central Statistics Office of Afghanistan
- Photos of Afghan cities
- World Gazetteer: Afghanistan – map at archive.today (archived 2012-12-10)
- Wilson, Frederick E. "Transcription of Afghan Placenames to an English-style Romanization." Names 34.2 (1986): 185-197.
