Area > Comparative
slightly smaller than Texas |
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Area > Land
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647,500 sq km |
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[41st of 238]
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Area > Total
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647,500 sq km |
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[47th of 250]
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Capital city with population
Kabul - (est. 3,000,000 to 4,000,000) |
Climate
arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers |
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Forested Land
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2.1% |
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[178th of 193]
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Geographic coordinates
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33 00 N, 65 00 E |
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Land boundaries > Border countries
China 76 km, Iran 936 km, Pakistan 2,430 km, Tajikistan 1,206 km, Turkmenistan 744 km, Uzbekistan 137 km |
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Land use > Arable land
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12.13% |
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[93rd of 258]
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Largest city
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Kabul |
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Largest city population
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2,029,000 |
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[51st of 174]
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Largest city with population
Kabul - (est. 3,000,000 to 4,000,000) |
Location
Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran |
Map references
Asia |
Natural resources
natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones |
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Population density
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39.88 people per sqkm |
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[153rd of 256]
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Population density > people per sq. km
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21.48 people/m²
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[142nd of 204]
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Precipitation
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313 mm |
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[80th of 95]
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Surface area > sq. km
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652,090 km²
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[40th of 206]
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tallest mountains > Mountain
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Nowshak |
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