Provinces | Ettelaat

The following is a list of all the 34 provinces in alphabetical order:

1 Badakhshan

Badakhshan Province
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Capital:
Fayzabad

Governor:
Ahmad Faisal Begzad

Area Total:
44,059 km2 (17,011 sq mi)

Main languages:
Persian, Khowar, Pashto, Kyrgyz, Shughni, Munji, Ishkashimi, Wakhi

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2 Badghis

Badghis Province
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Capital:
Badghis

Governor:
Jamaluddin Ishaq

Area Total:
20,590.6 km2 (7,950.1 sq mi)

Main languages:
Dari Persian, Pashto, Turkmen

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3 Baghlan

Baghlan Province
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Capital:
Puli Khumri

Governor:
Abdul Hai Naimati

Area Total:
21,118 km2 (8,154 sq mi)

Main languages:
Dari (Afghan Persian) Pashto

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4 Balkh

Balkh Province
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Capital:
Mazar-i-Sharif

Governor:
Atta Muhammad Nur

Area Total:
16,186.3 km2 (6,249.6 sq mi)

Main languages:
Dari, Pashto, Turkmen, Uzbek

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5 Bamyan

Bamyan
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Capital:
Bamyan

Governor:
Habiba Sarabi

Area Total:
14,175 km2 (5,473 sq mi)

Main languages:
Dari, Pashto

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6 Daykundi

Daykundi
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Capital:
Nili

Governor:
Masooma Muradi

Area Total:
18,088 km2 (6,984 sq mi)

Main languages:
Persian (Hazaragi and Dari dialects)

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7 Farah

Farah
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Capital:
Farah

Governor:
Mohammad Asif Shah Jahan

Area Total:
48,470.9 km2 (18,714.7 sq mi)

Main languages:
Pashto Dari

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8 Faryab

Faryab
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Capital:
Maymana

Governor:
Sayed Anwar Sadat

Area Total:
20,797.6 km2 (8,030.0 sq mi)

Main languages:
Uzbek Turkmen Dari (Persian)

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9 Ghazni

Ghazni
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Capital:
Ghazni

Governor:
Abdul Karim Matin

Area Total:
22,915 km2 (8,848 sq mi)

Main languages:
Dari Hazaragi Pashto

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10 Ghōr

Ghōr
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Capital:
Firuzkoh

Governor:
Ghulam Nasir Khaze

Area Total:
36,478.8 km2 (14,084.5 sq mi)

Main languages:
Hazaragi Dari Pashto

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11 Helmand

Helmand
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Capital:
Lashkar Gah

Governor:
Hayatullah Hayat

Area Total:
58,584 km2 (22,619 sq mi)

Main languages:
Pashto & Balochi

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12 Herat

Herat
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Capital:
Herat

Governor:
Mohammad Asif Rahimi

Area Total:
54,778.0 km2 (21,149.9 sq mi)

Main languages:
Dari (Afghan Persian) Pashto

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13 Jowzjan

Jowzjan
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Capital:
Sheberghan

Governor:
Maulvi Lutfullah Azizi

Area Total:
11,798.3 km2 (4,555.3 sq mi)

Main languages:
Dari Uzbek Turkmen Pashto

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14 Kabul

Kabul
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Capital:
Kabul

Governor:
Hamid Akram

Area Total:
4,461.6 km2 (1,722.6 sq mi)

Main languages:
Pashto Dari

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15 Kandahar

Kandahar
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Capital:
Kandahar

Governor:
Zalmay Wesa

Area Total:
54,022 km2 (20,858 sq mi)

Main languages:
Pashto

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16 Kapisa

Kapisa
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Capital:
Kapisa

Governor:
Mahmud-i-Raqi

Area Total:
1,842.1 km2 (711.2 sq mi)

Main languages:
Pashto, Persian and Pashayi

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17 Khost

Khost
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Capital:
Khost

Governor:
Hukam Khan Habibi

Area Total:
4,151.5 km2 (1,602.9 sq mi)

Main languages:
Pashto

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18 Kunar

Kunar
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Capital:
Asadabad

Governor:
Wahidullah Kalimzai

Area Total:
4,339 km2 (1,675 sq mi)

Main languages:
Pashto

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19 Kunduz

Kunduz
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Capital:
Kunduz

Governor:
Asadullah Omarkhail

Area Total:
8,040 km2 (3,100 sq mi)

Main languages:
Dari Pashto Uzbek Turkmen

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20 Laghman

Laghman
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Capital:
Mihtarlam

Governor:
Dr Abdul Jabbar Naeemi

Area Total:
3,842.6 km2 (1,483.6 sq mi)

Main languages:
Pashto Dari Pashayi

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21 Logar

Logar
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Capital:
Puli Alam

Governor:
Mohammad Halim Fidai

Area Total:
3,879.8 km2 (1,498.0 sq mi)

Main languages:
Pashto Dari

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22 Nangarhar

Nangarhar
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Capital:
Jalalabad

Governor:
Mohammad Gulab Mangal

Area Total:
7,727 km2 (2,983 sq mi)

Main languages:
Pashto

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23 Nimruz

Nimruz
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Capital:
Zaranj

Governor:
Muhammad Samiullah

Area Total:
41,356 km2 (15,968 sq mi)

Main languages:
Pashto Balochi Dari

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24 Nuristan

Nuristan
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Capital:
Parun

Governor:
Hafiz Abdul Qayyum

Area Total:
9,225.0 km2 (3,561.8 sq mi)

Main languages:
Nuristani

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25 Urozgan

Urozgan
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Capital:
Tarinkot

Governor:
Nazeer Ahmad

Area Total:
12,640 km2 (4,880 sq mi)

Main languages:
Hazaragi Pashto

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26 Paktia

Paktia
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Capital:
Gardez

Governor:
Maj Gen Zalmai Weesa

Area Total:
6,432 km2 (2,483 sq mi)

Main languages:
Pashto

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27 Paktika

Paktika
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Capital:
Sharana

Governor:
Ilyas Wahdat

Area Total:
19,482 km2 (7,522 sq mi)

Main languages:
Pashto

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28 Panjshir

Panjshir
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Capital:
Bazarak

Governor:
Muhammad Arif Sarwari

Area Total:
3,610 km2 (1,390 sq mi)

Main languages:
Dari

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29 Parwan

Parwan
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Capital:
Charikar

Governor:
Mohammad Asim Asim

Area Total:
5,974 km2 (2,307 sq mi)

Main languages:
Dari and Pashto

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30 Samangan

Samangan
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Capital:
Samangan

Governor:
Mohammad Hashim Zare

Area Total:
11,262 km2 (4,348 sq mi)

Main languages:
Persian Uzbeki Pashto

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31 Sar-e Pol

Sar-e Pol
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Capital:
Sar-e Pol

Governor:
Mohammad Zahir Wahdat

Area Total:
16,360 km2 (6,320 sq mi)

Main languages:
Dari Uzbeki Pashto

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32 Takhar

Takhar
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Capital:
Taloqan

Governor:
Yasin Zia

Area Total:
12,333 km2 (4,762 sq mi)

Main languages:
Dari (Afghan Persian)

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33 Wardak

Wardak
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Capital:
Maidan Shar

Governor:
Hayatullah Hayat

Area Total:
9,934 km2 (3,836 sq mi)

Main languages:
Persian Pashto

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34 Zabul

Zabul
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Capital:
Qalat

Governor:
Bismillah Afghanmal

Area Total:
17,343 km2 (6,696 sq mi)

Main languages:
Pashto

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The following is a list of all the 34 provinces in alphabetical order:

Badakhshan Province

Badghis Province

Baghlan Province

Balkh Province

Bamyan

Daykundi

Farah

Faryab

Ghazni

Ghōr

Helmand

Herat

Jowzjan

Kabul

Kandahar

Kapisa

Khost

Kunar

Kunduz

Laghman

Logar

Nangarhar

Nimruz

Nuristan

Urozgan

Paktia

Paktika

Panjshir

Parwan

Samangan

Sar-e Pol

Takhar

Wardak

Zabul