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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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| 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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