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Khōst
Khowst · Afghanistan
City population
96,123
#11
in Afghanistan
#6,000
worldwide
33.340, 69.920 · 149 km from Kabul
About Khōst
Khōst is a city in Khowst, Afghanistan with a population of 96,123. It is the 11th largest of the 53 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Afghanistan, and the 6,000th largest worldwide. It lies 149 km from Kabul.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Khowst
Coordinates
33.340, 69.920
Record updated
13 April 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 53 in AfghanistanClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.