Back ولايات أفغانستان Arabic আফগানিস্তানের প্রদেশ Bengali/Bangla Províncies de l'Afganistan Catalan پارێزگاکانی ئەفغانستان CKB Taleithiau Affganistan Welsh Afghanistans provinser Danish Liste der Provinzen Afghanistans German Wılayetê Efğanıstani DIQ Provincoj de Afganio Esperanto Provincias de Afganistán Spanish
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| Category | Unitary state |
| Location | Afghanistan |
| Number | 34 provinces |
| Populations | 167,425 (Nuristan) – 5,211,452 (Kabul) |
| Areas | 737 sq mi (1,908 km2) (Kapisa) – 22,512 sq mi (58,305 km2) (Helmand) |
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Afghanistan is divided into 34 provinces (ولايت wilāyat). The provinces of Afghanistan are the primary administrative divisions. Each province encompasses a number of districts or usually over 1,000 villages.
Provincial governors played a critical role in the reconstruction of the Afghan state following the creation of the new government under Hamid Karzai.[1] According to international security scholar Dipali Mukhopadhyay, many of the provincial governors of the western-backed government were former warlords who were incorporated into the political system.[1]
- ^ a b Mukhopadhyay, Dipali (2014). "Building a Theory of Strongman Governance in Afghanistan". Warlords, Strongman Governors, and the State in Afghanistan. p. 43. doi:10.1017/cbo9781139161817.001. ISBN 9781139161817.