Administrative Division of Afghanistan

	ISO-3166-2	Fips	Name of Subdivision	Capital	Population	area in km²
1	BAL	30	Balkh province		1,866,522	13,020.1
2	BAM	05	Bamian province		484,648	19,192.6
3	BDG	02	Badghis province		792,155	23,654.5
4	BDS	01	Badakhshan province		1,062,937	43,606.6
5	BGL	03	Baghlan province		872,234	15,543.1
6	FRA	06	Farah province		470,939	54,689.1
7	FYB	07	Faryab province		913,866	23,464.4
8	GHA	08	Ghazni province			20,617.1
9	GHO	09	Ghowr province			33,628.5
10	HEL	10	Helmand province		925,666	57,729.7
11	HER	11	Herat province		1,382,139	43,259.0
12	JOW	31	Jowzjan province		747,618	24,641.9
13	KAB	13	Kabul province	Kabul	3,138,338
14	KAN	23	Kandahar province		1,665,487	47,144.1
15	KAP	14	Kapisa province		472,584	5,772.9
16	KDZ	24	Kondoz province		718,823	6,944.9
17	KHO	37	Khost province
18	KNR	34	Konar province		562,411	10,301.0
19	LAG	35	Laghman province		651,326	6,781.4
20	LOW	17	Lowgar province			4,497.1
21	NAN	18	Nangrahar province		1,538,444	7,759.9
22	NIM	19	Nimruz province		234,086	48,195.6
23	NUR	38	Nurestan province
24	ORU	39	Oruzgan province		301,867	32,999.7
25	PAR	22	Parwan province	kabul	786,152	5,710.6
26	PIA	40	Paktia province		503,572	9,084.9
27	PKA	29	Paktika province			20,029.4
28	SAM	32	Samangan province		599,331	16,790.9
29	SAR	33	Sar-e Pol province
30	TAK	26	Takhar province			15,535.0
31	WAR	27	Wardak province		342,048	7,360.3
32	ZAB	28	Zabol province		444,585	19,202.5

Date	modification	fips	name	new fips	new name
2004 10 01	change	15	Konar	34	Konar
2004 10 01	change	16	Laghmān	35	Laghmān
2004 10 01	change	21	Paktīā	36	Paktīā
2004 10 01	add	37	Khowst [provisional]
2004 10 01	add	38	Nūrestān [provisional]
2006 03 23	change	20	Orūzgān	39	Orūzgān
2006 03 23	change	22	Parvān	40	Parvān
2006 03 23	add	41	Dāykondī
2006 03 23	add	42	Panjshīr

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