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List of cities in Afghanistan

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Map of Afghanistan showing the location of major cities.

Herat.

A street in Jalalabad.

Kabul.

The following are twelve largest cities of Afghanistan. The populations given are the 2006 estimated figures by the Central Statistics Office of Afghanistan and Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development of Afghanistan^[1]. The following figures include the population of the Urban areas and the Rural areas.

• Kabul - 3 000 000
• Kandahar - 468,200
• Herat - 397,456
• Mazari Sharif - 300,600
• Kunduz - 264,100
• Jalalabad - 205,423
• Lashkar Gah - 201,546
• Taluqan - 196,400
• Puli Khumri - 180,800
• Khost - 160,214
• Charikar - 153,500
• Sheberghan - 143,900
• Ghazni - 154,618
• Sari Pul - 136,000

Ancient names of places or cities in areas now in Afghanistan:

Current Place or Areas	Ancient name
Kabul,	Chabolo, Kophene [2], Gaofū, Kābūrā
Ghazni	Ghaznīn, Ghazna, Sejestan
Balkh	Bactra, Bokhdī
Herat	Haraiva, Harī, Aria
Laghman	Lampaka [2]
Jalalabad	Nagarahara[2] Adinapur[3]
Kandahar and adjoining areas	Arachosia[2]

[edit] See also

• Places in Afghanistan

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.mrrd.gov.af/nabdp/Provincial%20Development%20Plan.htm
2. ^ ^{a b c d} The Ancient Geography of India by Alexander Cunningham .
3. ^ Gazetteer of the Peshawar District 1897-98 Page 55

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