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Capital Afghanistan : |
Kabul .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Afghanistan :
| China 76 km, Iran 936 km, Pakistan 2,430 km, Tajikistan 1,206 km, Turkmenistan 744 km, Uzbekistan 137 km .
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| Climate Afghanistan :
| arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers .
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| Life expectancy Afghanistan :
| 42.46 years .
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| Fertility rate Afghanistan :
| 6.78 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Afghanistan :
| transitional .
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| Population Afghanistan :
| 28,513,677 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Afghanistan :
| 647,500 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Afghanistan :
| 33,100 (2002) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Afghanistan :
| 12,000 (2002) .
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| International Country Code Afghanistan :
| 93.
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| Sex ratio total Afghanistan :
| 1.05 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Afghanistan ratio under 15 :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Afghanistan ratio 15 64 :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Afghanistan ratio 65 :
| 0.95 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Afghanistan :
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| HIV Afghanistan :
| 0.01% (2001 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Afghanistan :
| 23% (2002) |
| Literacy Afghanistan :
| 36% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Afghanistan :
| NA |
| House hold income highest than 10% Afghanistan :
| NA |
| Inflation Afghanistan :
| 5.2% (2003) |
| Unemployment Rate Afghanistan :
| NA (2003) |
| Internet Users Afghanistan :
| 1,000 (2002) |
| Location Afghanistan :
| Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran |
| Geographic Coordinates Afghanistan :
| 33 00 N, 65 00 E |
| Religion Afghanistan :
| Sunni Muslim 80%, Shi'a Muslim 19%, other 1% |
| Administrative region Afghanistan :
| 34 provinces (velayat, singular - velayat); Badakhshan, Badghis, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamian, Daykondi, Farah, Faryab, Ghazni, Ghowr, Helmand, Herat, Jowzjan, Kabol, Kandahar, Kapisa, Khowst, Konar, Kondoz, Laghman, Lowgar, Nangarhar, Nimruz, Nurestan, Oruzgan, Paktia, Paktika, Panjshir, Parvan, Samangan, Sar-e Pol, Takhar, Vardak, and Zabol |
| Terrain Afghanistan :
| mostly rugged mountains; plains in north and southwest |
| Elevation extremes lowest Afghanistan :
| Amu Darya 258 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Afghanistan :
| Nowshak 7,485 m |
| Natural resources Afghanistan :
| natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones |
| Land use arable land Afghanistan :
| 12,13% |
| Land use permanentcrops Afghanistan :
| 0,22% |
| Irrigated land Afghanistan :
| 23,860 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Afghanistan :
| damaging earthquakes occur in Hindu Kush mountains; flooding; droughts |
| Environment current issues Afghanistan :
| limited natural fresh water resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil degradation; overgrazing; deforestation (much of the remaining forests are being cut down for fuel and building materials); desertification; air and water pollution |
| Geography note Afghanistan :
| landlocked; the Hindu Kush mountains that run northeast to southwest divide the northern provinces from the rest of the country; the highest peaks are in the northern Vakhan (Wakhan Corridor) |
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Divisions
Badakhshan
Badghis
Baghlan
Balkh
Bamian
Daykondi
Farah
Faryab
Ghazni
Ghowr
Helmand
Herat
Jowzjan
Kabol
Kandahar
Kapisa
Khowst
Konar
Kondoz
Laghman
Lowgar
Nangarhar
Nimruz
Nurestan
Oruzgan
Paktia
Paktika
Panjshir
Parvan
Samangan
Sar-e Pol
Takhar
Vardak
Zabol
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