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    Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

    Afghanistan is located in South Asia. Below you can see where Afghanistan sits on the map, its national outline, and an interactive map you can pan and zoom, centered on the capital, Kabul.

    Where Afghanistan is located
    Outline of Afghanistan
    Political map of Afghanistan and neighboring countries
    Political map: Afghanistan and its neighbors
    Reference map of Afghanistan (CIA World Factbook)
    Reference map of Afghanistan (CIA World Factbook)By Original uploader was Zhaladshar at en.wikisource · Public domain · Source (Wikimedia Commons)
    Location map of Afghanistan
    Location map of AfghanistanBy NordNordWest · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source (Wikimedia Commons)
    Afghanistan on the globe
    Afghanistan on the globeBy Shahid Parvez · GFDL · Source (Wikimedia Commons)
    Map of the administrative divisions of Afghanistan
    First-level administrative divisions of Afghanistan

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    Administrative divisions of Afghanistan

    Afghanistan is divided into 34 provinces.

    Show all 34 provinces
    • Badakhshan
    • Badghis
    • Baghlan
    • Balkh
    • Bamyan
    • Farah
    • Faryab
    • Ghazni
    • Ghor
    • Hilmand
    • Hirat
    • Jawzjan
    • Kabul
    • Kandahar
    • Kapisa
    • Khost
    • Kunar
    • Kunduz
    • Laghman
    • Logar
    • Nangarhar
    • Nimroz
    • Nuristan
    • Paktika
    • Paktya
    • Parwan
    • Samangan
    • Sari Pul
    • Takhar
    • Uruzgan
    • Wardak
    • Zabul

    Administrative boundaries and names from Natural Earth (public domain); they may lag recent reorganizations.

    Where is Afghanistan?

    Afghanistan lies in South Asia. Its geographic centre is at about 33.90° N, 67.70° E, and the capital, Kabul, is at 34.53° N, 69.17° E.

    With 652,230 km², it is the 11th-largest of the 46 countries in Asia — about 2.7 times the size of the United Kingdom.

    Afghanistan lies entirely in the Northern Hemisphere.

    Afghanistan is landlocked, with no coastline. See all landlocked countries.

    Neighbouring countries: Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, China.

    Geography of Afghanistan

    Continent
    Asia
    Region
    South Asia
    Area
    652,230 km²
    Geographic centre
    33.90° N, 67.70° E
    Capital (Kabul)
    34.53° N, 69.17° E
    Size rank in Asia
    11 of 46
    Highest point
    Noshaq (7,492 m)
    Land borders
    6

    Bordering countries: Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, China.