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Afghanistan
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Administrative Division
ISO Subentity Codes for Afghanistan
#
ISO-3166-2
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GN
Name of Subdivision
Type
Capital
Population
lang
continent
From
Till
1
BAL
30
30
Balkh province
wilāyat (province)
Mazār-e Sharīf
1,245,100
AS
2
BAM
05
05
Bamian province
wilāyat (province)
Bāmyān
484,648
AS
3
BDG
02
02
Badghis province
wilāyat (province)
Qala i Naw
792,155
AS
4
BDS
01
01
Badakhshan province
wilāyat (province)
Fayzabad
1,062,937
AS
5
BGL
03
03
Baghlan province
wilāyat (province)
Pul-e Khumrī
872,234
AS
6
DAY
41
41
Dāykundī
wilāyat (province)
Nīlī
440,000
AS
7
FRA
06
06
Farah province
wilāyat (province)
Farāh
470,939
AS
8
FYB
07
07
Faryab province
wilāyat (province)
Maīmanah
913,866
AS
9
GHA
08
08
Ghazni province
wilāyat (province)
Ghaznī
1,168,800
AS
10
GHO
09
09
Ghowr province
wilāyat (province)
Chaghcharān
657,200
AS
11
HEL
10
10
Helmand province
wilāyat (province)
Lashkar Gāh
925,666
AS
12
HER
11
11
Herat province
wilāyat (province)
Herāt
1,382,139
AS
13
JOW
31
31
Jowzjan province
wilāyat (province)
Shibirghān
747,618
AS
14
KAB
13
13
Kabul province
wilāyat (province)
Kabul
3,138,338
AS
15
KAN
23
23
Kandahar province
wilāyat (province)
Kandahār
1,665,487
AS
16
KAP
14
14
Kapisa province
wilāyat (province)
Sidqābād
472,584
AS
17
KDZ
24
24
Kondoz province
wilāyat (province)
Kunduz
718,823
AS
18
KHO
37
37
Khost province
wilāyat (province)
Khōst
283,283
AS
19
KNR
34
34
Konar province
wilāyat (province)
Asadābād
562,411
AS
20
LAG
35
35
Laghman province
wilāyat (province)
Mehtar Lām
651,326
AS
21
LOG
17
17
Lowgar province
wilāyat (province)
Pul-e ‘Alam
373,100
AS
22
NAN
18
18
Nangrahar province
wilāyat (province)
Jalālābād
1,538,444
AS
23
NIM
19
19
Nimruz province
wilāyat (province)
Zaranj
234,086
AS
24
NUR
38
38
Nurestan province
wilāyat (province)
Nūristān
130,000
AS
25
PAN
42
42
Panjshir
wilāyat (province)
Bazarak
146,100
AS
26
PAR
40
40
Parwan province
wilāyat (province)
Chārīkār
786,152
AS
27
PIA
36
36
Paktia province
wilāyat (province)
Gardēz
503,572
AS
28
PKA
29
29
Paktika province
wilāyat (province)
Sharan
476,740
AS
29
SAM
32
32
Samangan province
wilāyat (province)
Aībak
599,331
AS
30
SAR
33
33
Sar-e Pol province
wilāyat (province)
Sar-e Pul
727,277
AS
31
TAK
26
26
Takhar province
wilāyat (province)
Taloqan
933,700
AS
32
URU
39
39
Uruzgān province
wilāyat (province)
Tarīn Kōṯ
301,867
AS
33
WAR
27
27
Wardak province
wilāyat (province)
Maīdān Shahr
342,048
AS
34
ZAB
28
28
Zabol province
wilāyat (province)
Qalāt
444,585
AS
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