Afghanistan
Names and codes: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0 · Boundary: Natural Earth, public domain · Refresh date not recorded · Sources and licenses
Codes and identifiers
- ISO alpha-2
- AF
- ISO alpha-3
- AFG
- ISO numeric
- 004
- FIPS 10-4
- AF
- GeoNames ID
- 1149361
Key facts
- Capital
- Kabul
- Area
- 647,500 km²
- Population
- 37,172,386
- Currency
- Afghani (AFN)
- Calling code
- +93
- Top-level domain
- .af
- Official languages
- fa-AF,ps,uz-AF,tk
Continent
- Name
- Asia
- Code
- AS
- In this dataset
- 51 countries
Location
- Latitude
- 33
- Longitude
- 66
- Min latitude
- 29.386605326000037
- Min longitude
- 60.48677779100012
- Max latitude
- 38.47367340200013
- Max longitude
- 74.89230676300008
Boundary
The API call behind this page
Request
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/AF?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"Response
{
"data": {
"area_sq_km": 647500,
"capital": "Kabul",
"continent_code": "AS",
"currency_code": "AFN",
"iso3_code": "AFG",
"iso_code": "AF",
"name": "Afghanistan",
"population": 37172386
}
}Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.
Other endpoints for this country
/v1/countries/AF/regions/v1/cities?country=AF/v1/postal-codes?country=AF/v1/timezones?country=AF
Name in other languages
- Arabic
- أفغانستان
- Chinese
- 阿富汗
- English
- Afghanistan
- French
- Afghanistan
- German
- Afghanistan
- Hindi
- अफ़गानिस्तान
- Italian
- Afghanistan
- Japanese
- アフガニスタン
- Korean
- 아프가니스탄
- Portuguese
- Afeganistão
- Russian
- Афганистан
- Spanish
- Afganistán
- Total language variants
- 185
The API returns any of them with ?lang=.
Time zones
| IANA ID | UTC offset | DST offset |
|---|---|---|
| Asia/Kabul | UTC+04:30 | UTC+04:30 |
First-level administrative regions
- Wilāyat-e Kābul
- Herāt
- Nangarhār
- Helmand
- Kandahār
- Wilāyat-e Ghaznī
- Balkh
- Kunduz
- Faryab Province
- Wilāyat-e Takhār
- Badakhshān
- Wilāyat-e Baghlān
- Wilāyat-e Paktīkā
- Wilāyat-e Ghōr
- Parwān
- Wardak
- Velāyat-e Khowst
- Sar-e Pul
- Wilāyat-e Paktiyā
- Wilāyat-e Jowzjān
- Farāh
- Bādghīs
- Daykundi Province
- Wilāyat-e Kunaṟ
24 of 34 shown, largest first
Largest cities
| City | Population |
|---|---|
| Kabul | 4,434,550 |
| Herāt | 574,300 |
| Kandahār | 523,300 |
| Mazār-e Sharīf | 523,300 |
| Jalālābād | 271,900 |
| Kunduz | 161,902 |
| Ghazni | 141,000 |
| Balkh | 114,883 |
| Baghlān | 108,449 |
| Gardez | 103,601 |
Coverage in this dataset
- Cities
- 32,574
- First-level regions
- 34
- Postal codes
- 0
- Name languages
- 185
- Boundary polygon
- Yes
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