🇦🇫 Afghanistan 34 administrative divisions
34 first-level administrative divisions — states, provinces, regions or counties, depending on the country — and 1,061 cities and towns, each with latitude and longitude. Public domain, free to download, no API key.
The country
- ISO 3166-1
- AF · AFG · 004
- Capital
- Kabul
- Continent
- Asia
- Currency
- AFN — afghani
- Calling code
- +93
- Internet domain
- .af
- Divisions
- 34
- Cities and towns
- 1,061
Divisions
The 34 divisions of Afghanistan
34 of them carry an ISO 3166-2 code. Counts are cities and towns inside each division.
| Division | ISO 3166-2 | Cities and towns | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Badakhshan Province | AF-BDS | 236 | 1,054,087 |
| Bamyan Province | AF-BAM | 170 | 495,557 |
| Balkh Province | AF-BAL | 104 | 1,509,183 |
| Baghlan Province | AF-BGL | 73 | 1,014,634 |
| Badghis Province | AF-BDG | 63 | 549,583 |
| Helmand Province | AF-HEL | 32 | 1,446,230 |
| Herat Province | AF-HER | 32 | 1,762,157 |
| Ghazni Province | AF-GHA | 31 | 1,362,504 |
| Kandahar Province | AF-KAN | 30 | 1,431,876 |
| Kabul Province | AF-KAB | 26 | 5,766,181 |
| Paktika Province | AF-PKA | 20 | 393,800 |
| Sar-e Pol Province | AF-SAR | 19 | 532,000 |
| Jowzjan Province | AF-JOW | 17 | 613,481 |
| Ghor Province | AF-GHO | 16 | 764,472 |
| Khost Province | AF-KHO | 16 | 647,730 |
| Nangarhar Province | AF-NAN | 16 | 1,735,531 |
| Takhar Province | AF-TAK | 16 | 1,113,173 |
| Kunar Province | AF-KNR | 15 | 578,500 |
| Kunduz Province | AF-KDZ | 15 | 820,000 |
| Samangan Province | AF-SAM | 13 | 438,235 |
| Farah Province | AF-FRA | 12 | 563,026 |
| Logar Province | AF-LOG | 12 | 442,037 |
| Nimruz Province | AF-NIM | 11 | 149,000 |
| Maidan Wardak Province | AF-WAR | 8 | 656,720 |
| Paktia Province | AF-PIA | 8 | 667,956 |
| Parwan Province | AF-PAR | 8 | 664,502 |
| Uruzgan Province | AF-URU | 8 | 436,079 |
| Zabul Province | AF-ZAB | 8 | 391,150 |
| Kapisa Province | AF-KAP | 7 | 399,500 |
| Faryab Province | AF-FYB | 6 | 1,109,223 |
| Nuristan Province | AF-NUR | 5 | 160,000 |
| Daykundi Province | AF-DAY | 4 | 516,504 |
| Laghman Province | AF-LAG | 3 | 4,035,000 |
| Panjshir Province | AF-PAN | 1 | 176,000 |
A further 0 places could not be matched to a
division and are listed separately in the API as
"unassigned": true.
Get it
Both files, in one request each
# every division of Afghanistan
curl -s https://api.placedb.org/v1/regions/AF.json
# the cities and towns of one division (id from the file above)
curl -s https://api.placedb.org/v1/cities/AF/<id>.jsonNo key, no account, no rate limit. The endpoints · try it live.