قائمة المدن في أفغانستان
(تم التحويل من List of cities in Afghanistan)
خريطة المدن الرئيسية كما تُعرِّفهم الهيئات الحكومية[1]
المدن الوحيدة في أفغانستان بتعداد يزيد عن 1 مليون نسمة هم عاصمة البلد، كابول، ومدينة قندهار. بقية بلديات أفغانستان هن مدن وبلدات أصغر. Afghanistan's total population is estimated to be between 36–50 million individuals.[أ] Of this, 26% were reported to be living in urban areas and the rest in rural areas or the countryside.[2]
القائمة
The chart below shows 18 cities of Afghanistan with a population over 70,000, by order of population. Population estimates are from 2015.[10] However, the population estimate of Kabul is from 2025. [11]
| City | Province | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Kabul (the capital) | Kabul | 7,175,000 |
| Kandahar | Qandahar | 1,089,000 |
| Jalalabad | Nangarhar | 998,000 |
| Herat | Herat | 715,000 |
| Mazar-i-Sharif | Balkh | 635,000 |
| Lashkargah | Helmand | 280,381 |
| Kunduz | Kunduz | 268,893 |
| Taloqan | Takhar | 196,400 |
| Puli Khumri | Baghlan | 221,274 |
| Sheberghan | Jowzjan | 175,599 |
| Zaranj | Nimroz | 160,902 |
| Maymana | Faryab | 149,040 |
| Ghazni | Ghazni | 143,379 |
| Khost | Khost | 106,083 |
| Charikar | Parwan | 96,039 |
| Fayzabad | Badakhshan | 95,445 |
| Tarinkot | Uruzgan | 71,604 |
| Gardez | Paktia | 70,641 |
الأسماء القديمة
Ancient names of places or cities in Afghanistan:
| Current city and region | الاسم القديم |
|---|---|
| كابول | Kophene,[12] Gaofū, Kābūrā |
| غزنة | Ghaznīn, Ghazna |
| بلخ | Bakhlo, Bactra, Bokhdī |
| باميان | Bamikan[13] |
| هرات | Haraiva, Harī, Aria |
| Laghman | Lampaka[12] |
| Jalalabad | Adinapur[14] |
| قندهار | Arachosia[12] |
| Lashkargah | Bost, Bust |
| زرنج | Zranka, Zarangia, Drangiana |
| كندوز | Drapsaka, Walwalij |
معرض صور
- أكبر مدن أفغانستان
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Kabul is the most populous city in Afghanistan with more than 7 million residents
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Herat is the third largest city and is located in western Afghanistan
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Mazar-i-Sharif is the fourth largest city and is located in northern Afghanistan
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Jalalabad, the fifth-largest city, located in eastern Afghanistan
- مدن وبلدات أصغر في أفغانستان
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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 of the country
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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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Qalat, the capital of Zabul Province in the south of the country
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Asadabad, capital of Kunar Province in the east of the country
انظر أيضاً
ملاحظات
- ^ The last census was conducted in 1979. Sources disagree about the current population:
- The Afghani National Statistics and Information Authority gives an estimate of 35,695,527 for 2024.[2][3]
- The Encyclopædia Britannica gives an estimate of 36,432,000 for 2025.[4]
- The BBC gives a figure of 38.3 million for 2023.[5]
- The CIA gives an estimate of 40,121,552 for 2024.[6]
- The UN gives an estimate of 42,045,000 for 2024.[7][8]
- The US Census Bureau provides an estimate of 49,552,566 for 2025.[9]
المراجع
- ^ "STATE OF AFGHAN CITIES -2015 VOLUME ONE" (PDF). samuelhall.org. Ministry of Urban Development Affairs.
- ^ أ ب "Library". nsia.gov.af. Retrieved 23 Jan 2025.
- ^ "Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2024-25". National Statistics and Information Authority. Retrieved 23 Jan 2025.
- ^ "Afghanistan". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 25 Jan 2025.
- ^ "Afghanistan country profile". bbc.com. 15 Aug 2023. Retrieved 23 Jan 2025.
- ^ "Afghanistan". cia.gov. Retrieved 6 Jan 2025.
- ^ "World Population Prospects 2024 Summary of Results" (PDF). un.org. p61. Retrieved 6 Jan 2025.
- ^ "World Population Prospects 2024 Data Sources" (PDF). un.org. p11. Retrieved 6 Jan 2025.
- ^ "Afghanistan". nsia.gov.af. Retrieved 23 Jan 2025.
- ^ "The State of Afghan Cities Report 2015". Archived from the original on 2015-10-31.
- ^ "City population 2025". sites.ontariotechu.ca (in الإنجليزية). Retrieved 2025-10-12.
- ^ أ ب ت The Ancient Geography of India by Alexander Cunningham.
- ^ "معنی بامیکان | لغتنامه دهخدا". Vajehyab.com (in الإنجليزية).
- ^ Gazetteer of the Peshawar District 1897-98 Page 55
- ^ "Taliban take Afghanistan's second-largest city Kandahar". DW News (in الإنجليزية). 13 August 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ "Taliban conquest: A primer on Kandahar, Afghanistan's 2nd biggest city". The Jerusalem Post (in الإنجليزية). 13 August 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ "Taliban capture Afghanistan's second biggest city of Kandahar". Reuters (in الإنجليزية). 13 August 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
وصلات خارجية
- Central Statistics Office of Afghanistan
- Photos of Afghan cities
- World Gazetteer: Afghanistan – map at archive.today (archived 2012-12-10)
- Wilson, Frederick E. "Transcription of Afghan Placenames to an English-style Romanization." Names 34.2 (1986): 185-197.