List of cities in Afghanistan

The only city in Afghanistan with over 1 million people is its capital, Kabul. The rest are smaller cities and towns. According to the National Statistic and Information Authority of Afghanistan (NSIA), an estimated total number of people living inside Afghanistan was 32,225,560 in 2020. Of this, around 7.8 million were reported to be living in urban areas and the rest in rural or countryside.[2]

List of cities in Afghanistan is located in Afghanistan
Kabul
Kabul
Herat
Herat
Jalalabad
Jalalabad
Kandahar
Kandahar
Mazar-i-Sharif
Mazar-i-Sharif
Kunduz
Kunduz
Lashkargah
Lashkargah
Puli Khumri
Puli Khumri
Farah
Farah
Ghazni
Ghazni
Maymana
Maymana
Khost
Khost
Map of major cities as identified by governmental organizations[1]
Kabul is the only city in Afghanistan with over a million residents
Herat is the second largest city and is located in western Afghanistan
Mazar-i-Sharif is the third largest city and is located in northern Afghanistan
Jalalabad, the fifth-largest city, located in eastern Afghanistan

List

edit

The chart below shows 18 cities of Afghanistan with a population over 70,000, by order of population.

Name Province Population estimate (2015)[3]
Kabul Kabul 4,457,882
Herat Herat 695,000
Mazar-i-Sharif Balkh 595,000
Kandahar Kandahar 543,000
Jalalabad Nangarhar 356,685
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,[4] Gaofū, Kābūrā
Ghazni Ghaznīn, Ghazna
Balkh Bakhlo, Bactra, Bokhdī
Bamyan Bamikan[5]
Herat Haraiva, Harī, Aria
Laghman Lampaka[4]
Jalalabad Adinapur[6]
Kandahar Arachosia[4]
Lashkargah Bost, Bust
Zaranj Zranka, Zarangia, Drangiana
Kunduz Drapsaka, Walwalij
edit

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "STATE OF AFGHAN CITIES -2015 VOLUME ONE" (PDF). samuelhall.org. Ministry of Urban Development Affairs.
  2. ^ "NSIA Population Estimates 2019-20" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-09.
  3. ^ "The State of Afghan Cities Report 2015". Archived from the original on 2015-10-31.
  4. ^ a b c The Ancient Geography of India by Alexander Cunningham.
  5. ^ "معنی بامیکان | لغت‌نامه دهخدا". Vajehyab.com.
  6. ^ Gazetteer of the Peshawar District 1897-98 Page 55
edit