Kabul
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan.
Kabul
Pashto: کابل | |
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| Coordinates: 34°32′N 69°10′E / 34.533°N 69.167°E | |
| Country |  Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan |
| Province | Kabul |
| No. of districts | 22 |
| Capital formation | 1776 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Mayor | Abdullah Habibzai |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,023 km2 (395 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,791 m (5,876 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 4,635,000 |
| • Density | 4,500/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
| Kabul urban agglomeration | |
| Demonym(s) | Kabuli, Kabulite |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Standard Time) |
| Postal code | 100X, 101X, 105X, 106X |
| Area code | (+93) 20 |
| Climate | BSk |
| Website | km |
According to a 2012 estimate, the population of the city was around 3,289,000.[1] Ths includes Tajiks, Pashtuns, Hazaras and some other smaller ethnic groups.[2] It is the 64th largest and the 5th fastest growing city in the world.[3][4]
It is 1,800 meters, or 5,900 feet above-sea-level. Kabul is over 3,500 years old.
Districts
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The city of Kabul is inside Kabul District - a district of Kabul Province. The city is also a municipality (shārwāli) - because it is also capital of a province; That municipality is divided into 22 administrative districts called municipal districts or city districts (nāhia); These districts (are the same, or) coincide with the official Police Districts (PD).[5]
Related pages
change- Kabul Province
- Wahida Amiri, Afghan activist
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kabul.
- ↑ Afghanistan Statistical Yearbook 2012/13, Central Statistics Office Afghanistan. [1] Archived 2013-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "2003 National Geographic Population Map" (PDF). Thomas Gouttierre, Center For Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Matthew S. Baker, Stratfor. National Geographic Society. November 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
- ↑ "Largest cities in the world and their mayors - 1 to 150". City Mayors. 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
- ↑ "World's fastest growing urban areas (1)". City Mayors. 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
- ↑ Foschini, Fabrizio. "A geographical guide to a metropolis in the making" (PDF). www.afghanistan-analysts.org.
