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Afghanistan

Cities of Afghanistan

Cities listed

53

Kabul

largest city

43.8M

national population

53 of 53 listed cities

Cities listed

53

15,000 or more people

Largest city

Kabul

4,434,550 people

Capital

Kabul

National capital

National population

43,844,111

Largest city is 10.1%

Cities in Afghanistan

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53 cities


1	Kabul	Kabul	4,434,550	10.1%
2	Herāt	Herat	574,300	1.3%
3	Mazār-e Sharīf	Balkh	523,300	1.2%
4	Kandahār	Kandahar	523,300	1.2%
5	Jalālābād	Nangarhar	271,900	0.6%
6	Kunduz	Kunduz	161,902	0.4%
7	Ghazni	Ghazni	141,000	0.3%
8	Balkh	Balkh	114,883	0.3%
9	Baghlān	Baghlan	108,449	0.2%
10	Gardez	Paktia	103,601	0.2%
11	Khōst	Khowst	96,123	0.2%
12	Maymana	Faryab	75,900	0.2%
13	Khanabad	Kunduz	71,531	0.2%
14	Bāzārak	Panjshir	65,000	0.1%
15	Khulm	Balkh	64,933	0.1%
16	Taloqan	Takhar	64,256	0.1%
17	Bāmyān	Bamyan	61,863	0.1%
18	Pul-e Khumrī	Baghlan	56,369	0.1%
19	Shibirghān	Jowzjan	55,641	0.1%
20	Charikar	Parwan	53,676	0.1%
21	Sar-e Pul	Sar-e Pol Province	52,121	0.1%
22	Zaranj	Nimroz	49,851	0.1%
23	Paghmān	Kabul	49,157	0.1%
24	Asadābād	Kunar	48,400	0.1%
25	Aībak	Samangan	47,823	0.1%
26	Fayzabad	Badakhshan	44,421	0.1%
27	Lashkar Gāh	Helmand	43,934	0.1%
28	Gereshk	Helmand	43,588	0.1%
29	Farah	Farah	43,561	0.1%
30	Istālif	Kabul	41,413	0.1%
31	Andkhoy	Faryab	37,900	0.1%
32	Bahārak	Badakhshan	32,551	0.1%
33	Nīlī	Daykundi	30,058	0.1%
34	Ghormach	Badghis	30,000	0.1%
35	Shīnḏanḏ	Herat	29,264	0.1%
36	Rustāq	Takhar	25,636	0.1%
37	Khān Neshīn	Helmand	25,600	0.1%
38	Qarāwul	Kunduz	24,544	0.1%
39	Jurm	Badakhshan	23,064	0.1%
40	Nahrīn	Baghlan	22,363	0.1%
41	Baraki Barak	Logar	22,305	0.1%
42	Ārt Khwājah	Takhar	18,623	0%
43	Eslam Qaleh	Herat	18,086	0%
44	Karukh	Herat	17,484	0%
45	Mehtar Lām	Laghman	17,345	0%
46	Kushk	Herat	16,952	0%
47	Shahrak	Ghowr	15,967	0%
48	Āsmār	Kunar	15,708	0%
49	Sang-e Chārak	Sar-e Pol Province	15,377	0%
50	Khāsh	Nimroz	15,133	0%
51	Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn	Nangarhar	15,098	0%
52	Jabal os Saraj	Parwan	15,032	0%
53	Qarqīn	Jowzjan	15,018	0%

Every City in Afghanistan, by Region

28 regions. 1 have their own page; the rest are listed here in full.

Herat5 cities

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Herāt 574,300
Shīnḏanḏ 29,264
Eslam Qaleh 18,086
Karukh 17,484
Kushk 16,952

Badakhshan3 cities

Fayzabad 44,421
Bahārak 32,551
Jurm 23,064

Baghlan3 cities

Baghlān 108,449
Pul-e Khumrī 56,369
Nahrīn 22,363

Balkh3 cities

Mazār-e Sharīf 523,300
Balkh 114,883
Khulm 64,933

Helmand3 cities

Lashkar Gāh 43,934
Gereshk 43,588
Khān Neshīn 25,600

Kabul3 cities

Kabul 4,434,550
Paghmān 49,157
Istālif 41,413

Kunduz3 cities

Kunduz 161,902
Khanabad 71,531
Qarāwul 24,544

Takhar3 cities

Taloqan 64,256
Rustāq 25,636
Ārt Khwājah 18,623

Faryab2 cities

Maymana 75,900
Andkhoy 37,900

Jowzjan2 cities

Shibirghān 55,641
Qarqīn 15,018

Kunar2 cities

Asadābād 48,400
Āsmār 15,708

Nangarhar2 cities

Jalālābād 271,900
Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn 15,098

Nimroz2 cities

Zaranj 49,851
Khāsh 15,133

Parwan2 cities

Charikar 53,676
Jabal os Saraj 15,032

Sar-e Pol Province2 cities

Sar-e Pul 52,121
Sang-e Chārak 15,377

Badghis1 city

Ghormach 30,000

Bamyan1 city

Bāmyān 61,863

Daykundi1 city

Nīlī 30,058

Farah1 city

Farah 43,561

Ghazni1 city

Ghazni 141,000

Ghowr1 city

Shahrak 15,967

Kandahar1 city

Kandahār 523,300

Khowst1 city

Khōst 96,123

Laghman1 city

Mehtar Lām 17,345

Logar1 city

Baraki Barak 22,305

Paktia1 city

Gardez 103,601

Panjshir1 city

Bāzārak 65,000

Samangan1 city

Aībak 47,823

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