- Outline of Afghanistan
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The National Emblem of Afghanistan
The location of Afghanistan
An enlargeable map of the Islamic Republic of AfghanistanSee also: Index of Afghanistan-related articlesThe following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Afghanistan:
Afghanistan – landlocked sovereign country located in Central Asia. Since the late 1970s Afghanistan has experienced a continuous state of civil war.
General reference
An enlargeable relief map of Afghanistan- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Afghanistan
- Official English country name: The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Afghan
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: Name of Afghanistan
- International rankings of Afghanistan
- ISO country codes: AF, AFG, 004
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:AF
- Internet country code top-level domain: .af
Geography of Afghanistan
An enlargeable topographic map of AfghanistanMain article: Geography of Afghanistan- Afghanistan is: a landlocked country
- Location:
- Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
- Eurasia
- Asia
- (Central Asia)
- (Southern Asia)
- Asia
- Eurasia
- Greater Middle East
- Time zone: UTC+04:30
- Land boundaries: 5,529 km
- Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
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Pakistan 2,430 km
Tajikistan 1,206 km
Iran 936 km
Turkmenistan 744 km
Uzbekistan 137 km
China 76 km
- Coastline: none
- Population of Afghanistan: 31,889,923 (2007 estimate) – 45th most populous country
- Area of Afghanistan: 647,500 square kilometres (250,000 sq mi) – 41st largest country
- Atlas of Afghanistan
Environment of Afghanistan
An enlargeable satellite image of AfghanistanMain article: Environment of Afghanistan- Climate of Afghanistan
- Ecoregions in Afghanistan
- Environmental issues in Afghanistan
- Geology of Afghanistan
- Protected areas of Afghanistan
- Biosphere reserves in Afghanistan
- National parks of Afghanistan
- Renewable energy in Afghanistan
- Wildlife of Afghanistan
- Flora of Afghanistan
- Fauna of Afghanistan
Natural geographic features of Afghanistan
Main article: Landforms of Afghanistan- Glaciers of Afghanistan
- Islands of Afghanistan
- Lakes of Afghanistan
- Mountains of Afghanistan
- Rivers of Afghanistan
- Waterfalls of Afghanistan
- Valleys of Afghanistan
- List of World Heritage Sites in Afghanistan
Regions of Afghanistan
- Main article: Regions of Afghanistan
Ecoregions of Afghanistan
- Main article: Ecoregions in Afghanistan
Administrative divisions of Afghanistan
- Main article: Administrative divisions of Afghanistan
Map of Afghanistan with province border lines.- Provinces of Afghanistan
- Districts of Afghanistan
- Municipalities of Afghanistan
- Districts of Afghanistan
Provinces of Afghanistan
Main article: Provinces of AfghanistanProvinces of Afghanistan[1] Province Map # ISO 3166-2:AF[2] Centers Population Area (km²) Language Notes U.N. Region Badakhshan 30 AF-BDS Fayzabad 823,000 44,059 Dari Persian, Composed of 29 districts North East Afghanistan Badghis 4 AF-BDG Qala i Naw 429,500 20,591 Dari Persian, Pashto 7 districts West Afghanistan Baghlan 19 AF-BGL Puli Khumri 779,000 21,118 Dari Persian Uzbek, Turkmen, Pashto 16 districts North East Afghanistan Balkh 13 AF-BAL Mazari Sharif 1,096,100 17,249 Dari Persian, 15 districts North Afghanistan Bamyan 15 AF-BAM Bamyan 387,300 14,175 Dari Persian 7 districts East Central Afghanistan Daykundi 10 AF-DAY Nili 399,600 8,088 Dari Persian 8 districts
Formed from Orūzgān Province in 2004South West Afghanistan Farah 2 AF-FRA Farah 438,000 48,471 Pashto, Dari Persian, Baloch 11 districts West Afghanistan Faryab 5 AF-FYB Maymana 858,600 20,293 Dari Persian, Turkmen and Uzbek 14 districts West Afghanistan Ghazni 16 AF-GHA Ghazni 931,000 22,915 Pashto, Dari Persian 19 districts South Afghanistan Ghor 6 AF-GHO Chaghcharan 485,000 36,479 Dari Persian 10 districts East Central Afghanistan Helmand 7 AF-HEL Lashkar Gah 745,000 58,584 Pashto 13 districts South West Afghanistan Herat 1 AF-HER Herat 1,182,000 54,778 Dari Persian, Pashto 15 districts West Afghanistan Jowzjan 8 AF-JOW Sheberghan 441,000 11,798 Uzbek, Dari Persian 9 districts North Afghanistan Kabul 22 AF-KAB Kabul 3,314,000 4,462 Pashto, Dari Persian, Turkmen and Uzbek 15 districts Central Afghanistan Kandahar 12 AF-KAN Kandahar 886,000 54,022 Pashto, Dari Persian 16 districts South West Afghanistan Kapisa 29 AF-KAP Mahmud-i-Raqi 360,000 1,842 Dari Persian 7 districts Central Afghanistan Khost 26 AF-KHO Khost 300,000 4,152 Pashto 13 districts South Afghanistan Kunar 34 AF-KNR Asadabad 321,000 4,942 Pashto 15 districts East Afghanistan Kunduz 18 AF-KDZ Kunduz 820,000 8,040 Dari Persian, Uzbek, Turkmen, Pashto 7 districts North East Afghanistan Laghman 32 AF-LAG Mihtarlam District 373,000 3,843 Pashto, Dari Persian and Pashai 5 districts East Afghanistan Lowgar 23 AF-LOW Pul-i-Alam 292,000 3,880 Dari Persian, Pashto 7 districts Central Afghanistan Nangarhar 33 AF-NAN Jalalabad 1,089,000 7,727 Pashto, Dari Persian 23 districts East Afghanistan Nimruz 3 AF-NIM Zaranj 149,000 41,005 Balochi, Dari Persian and Balochi 5 districts South West Afghanistan Nurestan 31 AF-NUR Parun 112,000 9,225 Nuristani, Pashto, Dari Persian 7 districts East Afghanistan Orūzgān 11 AF-ORU Tarin Kowt 627,000 22,696 Pashto 6 districts South West Afghanistan Paktia 24 AF-PIA Gardez 415,000 6,432 Pashto, Dari Persian 11 districts South Afghanistan Paktika 25 AF-PKA Sharan 352,000 19,482 Pashto 15 districts South Afghanistan Panjshir 28 AF-PAN Bazarak 128,620 3,610 Dari Persian 5 districts
Created in 2004 from Parwan ProvinceCentral Afghanistan Parwan 20 AF-PAR Charikar 726,000 5,974 Dari Persian Composed of 9 districts Central Afghanistan Samangan 14 AF-SAM Aybak 378,000 11,262 Dari Persian, Uzbek 5 districts North Afghanistan Sar-e Pol 9 AF-SAR Sar-e Pol 468,000 15,999 Dari Persian and Uzbek 6 districts North Afghanistan Takhar 27 AF-TAK Taloqan 810,800 12,333 Dari Persian, and Uzbek 12 districts North East Afghanistan Wardak 21 AF-WAR Meydan Shahr 413,000 8,938 Pashto, Dari Persian 9 districts Central Afghanistan Zabul 17 AF-ZAB Qalat 365,920 17,343 Pashto 9 districts South West Afghanistan Districts of Afghanistan
Main article: Districts of AfghanistanAfghanistan is divided into 398 districts.
Municipalities of Afghanistan
Main article: Municipalities of Afghanistan- Capital of Afghanistan: Kabul
- Cities of Afghanistan
Demography of Afghanistan
- Main article: Demographics of Afghanistan
Government and politics of Afghanistan
- Main article: Government of Afghanistan and Politics of Afghanistan
- Form of government: Islamic republic
- Capital of Afghanistan: Kabul
- Elections in Afghanistan
- Political parties in Afghanistan
- Political scandals of Afghanistan
- Taxation in Afghanistan
Branches of government
Main article: Government of AfghanistanExecutive branch of the government of Afghanistan
- Head of state: President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai
- Head of government: Prime Minister of Afghanistan,
- Afghan Cabinet of Ministers
Legislative branch of the government of Afghanistan
- National Assembly of Afghanistan (bicameral)
- Upper house: House of Elders (Meshrano Jirga)
- Lower house: House of the People (Wolesi Jirga)
Judicial branch of the government of Afghanistan
Main articles: Judiciary of Afghanistan and Constitution of Afghanistan#Judicial Branch and Court System- Afghan Supreme Court (Stara Makama or ستره محكمه)
- Chief Justice of Afghanistan
- High Courts of Afghanistan
- Appeals Courts of Afghanistan
- District courts of Afghanistan
- Local courts of Afghanistan
- District courts of Afghanistan
- Appeals Courts of Afghanistan
Foreign relations of Afghanistan
Main article: Foreign relations of Afghanistan- Diplomatic missions in Afghanistan
- Diplomatic missions of Afghanistan
- United States-Afghanistan relations
International organization membership
The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is a member of:[3]
Law and order in Afghanistan
- Main article: Law of Afghanistan
- Capital punishment in Afghanistan
- Constitution of Afghanistan
- Crime in Afghanistan
- Human rights in Afghanistan
- Law enforcement in Afghanistan
Military of Afghanistan
- Main article: Military of Afghanistan
- Command
- Commander-in-chief:
- Ministry of Defence of Afghanistan
- Commander-in-chief:
- Forces
- Army of Afghanistan
- Navy of Afghanistan
- Air Force of Afghanistan
- Special forces of Afghanistan
- Military history of Afghanistan
- Military ranks of Afghanistan
Local government in Afghanistan
Main article: Local government in AfghanistanHistory of Afghanistan
- Main article: History of Afghanistan, Timeline of the history of Afghanistan, and Current events of Afghanistan
By period
- Pre-Islamic period of Afghanistan
- Greater Khorasan
- Islamic conquest of Afghanistan
- History of Arabs in Afghanistan
- Mongol invasion of Central Asia
- Hotaki dynasty
- Durrani Empire
- Third Battle of Panipat
- Battle of Jamrud
- First Anglo-Afghan War
- Second Anglo-Afghan War
- Third Anglo-Afghan War
- European influence in Afghanistan
- Reforms of Amanullah Khan and civil war
- Reigns of Nadir Shah and Zahir Shah
- Daoud's Republic of Afghanistan
- Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
- Soviet war in Afghanistan
- History of Afghanistan since 1992
- War in Afghanistan (2001-present)
By subject
- Economic history of Afghanistan
- Military history of Afghanistan
Culture of Afghanistan
- Main article: Culture of Afghanistan
Ethnolinguistic groups of Afghanistan
Afghan boys and girls at Kabul
Tribal and religious leaders at Kandahar- Category:Ethnic groups in Afghanistan
- Architecture of Afghanistan
- Category:Afghan tribes
- Cuisine of Afghanistan
- Ethnic minorities in Afghanistan
- Festivals in Afghanistan
- Humor in Afghanistan
- Languages of Afghanistan
- Media in Afghanistan
- National symbols of Afghanistan
- Coat of arms of Afghanistan
- Flag of Afghanistan
- National anthem of Afghanistan
- People of Afghanistan
- Prostitution in Afghanistan
- Public holidays in Afghanistan
- Records of Afghanistan
- List of World Heritage Sites in Afghanistan
Art in Afghanistan
- Art in Afghanistan
- Cinema of Afghanistan
- Literature of Afghanistan
- Music of Afghanistan
- Television in Afghanistan
- Theatre in Afghanistan
People of Afghanistan
- People of Afghanistan
- Pashtun people
- Tājik people
- Farsiwan
- Qizilbash
- Hazara people
- Uzbek people
- Turkmen people
- Baloch people
- Nuristani people
- Arabs
- Persian (Dari)
- Sunni Muslim
- Shi'a Muslim
Religion in Afghanistan
- Religion in Afghanistan
- Buddhism in Afghanistan
- Christianity in Afghanistan
- Hinduism in Afghanistan
- Islam in Afghanistan
- Judaism in Afghanistan
- Sikhism in Afghanistan
Sports in Afghanistan
- Main article: Sports in Afghanistan
Economy and infrastructure of Afghanistan
- Main article: Economy of Afghanistan
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 119th (one hundred and nineteenth)
- Agriculture in Afghanistan
- Banking in Afghanistan
- National Bank of Afghanistan
- Communications in Afghanistan
- Internet in Afghanistan
- Companies of Afghanistan
- Currency of Afghanistan: Afghani
- ISO 4217: AFN
- Economic history of Afghanistan
- Energy in Afghanistan
- Energy in Afghanistan
- Energy policy of Afghanistan
- Oil industry in Afghanistan
- Health care in Afghanistan
- Mining in Afghanistan
- Afghanistan Stock Exchange (AFX)
- Taxation in Afghanistan
- Tourism in Afghanistan
- Transport in Afghanistan
- Airports in Afghanistan
- Rail transport in Afghanistan
- Roads in Afghanistan
- Water supply and sanitation in Afghanistan
Education in Afghanistan
- Main article: Education in Afghanistan
Health in Afghanistan
Main article: Health in AfghanistanSee also
Main article: Afghanistan- All pages beginning with "Afghanistan"
- All pages beginning with "Afghan"
- All pages with titles containing "Afghanistan"
- All pages with titles containing "Afghan"
- Index of Afghanistan-related articles
- List of Afghanistan-related topics
- List of international rankings
- Member state of the United Nations
- Outline of Asia
- Outline of geography
References
- ^ References and details on data provided in the table can be found within the individual provincial articles.
- ^ ISO 3166-2:AF (ISO 3166-2 codes for the provinces of Afghanistan)
- ^ "Afghanistan". The World Factbook. United States: Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
External links
Wikimedia Atlas of Afghanistan
- Official government sites
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Office of the President
- Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS)
- Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA)
- General information
- Afghanistan's Paper Money
- World Intellectual Property Handbook: Afghanistan
- Outline of Afghanistan travel guide from Wikitravel
- Culture and news
- KabulPress.org
- Islamic Republic Of Afghanistan (Cultural issues)
- Afghan Online Press
- Bakhtar News Agency (Official Afghan Agency)
- Other
- Old photos of Afghanistan
- How Hemp could save Afghanistan
- Afghanistan: The Genesis of the Final *[http://www.afghan-web.com/language/ A Look at the Languages Spoken in Afghanistan
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