List of cities in Afghanistan

Kabul

Herat

Jalalabad

Kandahar

Mazar-i-Sharif

Kunduz

Lashkargah

Puli Khumri

Farah

Ghazni

Maymana

Khost

Map of major cities as identified by governmental organizations^[1]

A section of Kabul, which is multi-ethnic and the only city in Afghanistan with over 1 million population

Aerial view of Kandahar, the second-largest city of Afghanistan, located in southern Afghanistan

Herat, the third-largest city, located in western Afghanistan

Mazar-i-Sharif, the fourth-largest city, located in northern Afghanistan

Jalalabad, the fifth-largest city, located in eastern Afghanistan

The only city in Afghanistan with over 1 million population 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[]

The chart below shows 18 cities of Afghanistan with a population over 100,000, by order of population.

Ancient names[]

Ancient names of places or cities in Afghanistan:

Gallery[]

• Images of smaller Afghan cities and towns
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  Lashkargah, capital of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan

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  Section of Ghazni, capital of Ghazni Province

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  Khost, capital of Khost Province in the east

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  Fayzabad, capital of Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan

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  Zaranj, capital of Nimruz Province in southwestern Afghanistan

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  Asadabad, capital of Kunar Province in the east

See also[]

• Provinces of Afghanistan
• Districts of Afghanistan
• List of places in Afghanistan
• Demography of Afghanistan

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities in Afghanistan.

• Central Statistics Office of Afghanistan
• Photos of Afghan cities
• World Gazetteer: Afghanistan – map at archive.today (archived 2012-12-10)