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Maymana

Faryab · Afghanistan
City population
75,900
#12
in Afghanistan
#1
in Faryab
#7,606
worldwide
KabulMaymana
35.921, 64.784 · 428 km from Kabul
City population
75,900
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Afghanistan
#12
of 53 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#7,606
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Afghanistan
0.2%
of the national population

About Maymana

Maymana is a city in Faryab, Afghanistan with a population of 75,900. It is the 12th largest of the 53 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Afghanistan, and the 7,606th largest worldwide. It lies 428 km from Kabul.

Position in Afghanistan
#12of 53
LargestSmallest
Position in Faryab
#1of 2
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Afghanistan
Region
Faryab
Rank in region
#1of 2
Distance to capital
428 km
to Kabul
Elevation
877 m
Time zone
Asia/Kabul
Coordinates
35.921, 64.784
Record updated
2026-04-13
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.

Nearby Cities

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