List of cities in Afghanistan

Afghanistan has about 26 million people. 5.7 million live in urban areas. The rest live in rural areas or countryside.^[1] The following are fourteen cities of Afghanistan in order of population. The estimates are from 2006.^[2]

Kabul - 1,925,548 ^[3]
Kandahar - 468,200 ^[4]
Herat - 397,456 ^[5]
Mazar-i-Sharif - 375,181 ^[6]
Kunduz - 230,600 ^[7]
Jalalabad - 205,423 ^[8]
Lashkar Gah - 201,546 ^[9]
Taluqan - 194,471 ^[10]
Puli Khumri - 191,640 ^[11]
Khost - 160,214 ^[12]
Ghazni - 154,618 ^[13]
Sheberghan - 148,329 ^[14]
Sari Pul - 115,463 ^[15]
Farah - 109,409 ^[16]

Ancient names

Ancient names of places or cities in Afghanistan:

Current city and region	Ancient name
Kabul	Chabolo, Kophene,^[17] Gaofū, Kābūrā
Ghazni	Ghaznīn, Ghazna (Gajant - Sanskrit, Having wealth which can be carried on the elephant)
Balkh	Bactra, Bokhdī
Herat	Haraiva, Harī, Aria
Laghman	Lampaka ^[17]
Jalalabad	Adinapur^[18]
Kandahar	Arachosia^[17]
Lashkar Gah	Bost or Bust

Gallery

Images of Afghan cities
The Aino Mina new housing project on the outskirts of Kandahar, which is the second largest Afghan city.
Herat, the third largest city
Mazar-i-Sharif, the fourth largest city
Jalalabad, the sixth largest city
Khost, the tenth largest city

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