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Overview of Afghanistan's Geography and Demographics

Afghanistan borders several countries including Pakistan, Tajikistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and China. The largest cities in Afghanistan are Kabul, the capital, with a population of over 2 million, Qandahar with over 300,000 people, and Mazer-e-Sharif with around 240,000 residents. Afghanistan has an estimated population of 24.4 million people and covers an area of 647,500 square kilometers. The dominant ethnic groups are Pashtun, Tajiks, Hazara, Uzbek, and Turkmen.

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Overview of Afghanistan's Geography and Demographics

Afghanistan borders several countries including Pakistan, Tajikistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and China. The largest cities in Afghanistan are Kabul, the capital, with a population of over 2 million, Qandahar with over 300,000 people, and Mazer-e-Sharif with around 240,000 residents. Afghanistan has an estimated population of 24.4 million people and covers an area of 647,500 square kilometers. The dominant ethnic groups are Pashtun, Tajiks, Hazara, Uzbek, and Turkmen.

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Afghanistan

Borders
Pakistan: 2,430km Tajikistan: 1,206km Iran: 936km Turkmenistan:744km Uzbekistan: 137km China: 76km

Background Information
Largest Cities
City Kabul (capital) Qandahar Mazer-e-Sharif Population Estimated 2,142,3002002 339,2002002 239,8002002

Key Data
Region: Asia Population: 24,405,000 (estimated) Area Total: 647,500 km2 Coast Line: Landlocked

Afghanis
Ethnic Divisions
Pashtun 38% Tajiks 25% Hazara 19% Other 7% Uzbek 6% Turkmen 2% Qizilbash 1% Religions Sunni Muslim 84% Shi`a Muslim 15% Other 1%

More Key Data


Languages: Pashtu Afghan Persian Turkic Languages 30 minor languages Currency: 1 afghani (AF) = 100 puls Holiday: Independence Day, 19 August Climate : arid to semiarid Kabul
January: 27F July: 76F

Annual Rainfall: 13' Cold winters and hot summers Similar to Denver, CO

-Isolationism -Russias influence -Outdated data -Mining -Key rock types

-Fuel Resources mostly in North

-Tectonic compression zone, formed with Himalayas -Many Gas Pockets mostly in Jurassic, some in the Cretaceous -Few Oil Traps in Neogene and Paleogene Beds -Stable since Mesozoic

Sandstone Bluffs typify the Central Region

Hari Rud Strike-Slip Fault

Aerial Photo of Northern Kabul Region

-Mountains surrounding river valley with alluvial vegetated area at valley end

Geology of Afghanistan

Simulated Hyperspectral Classification of Surface Materials

References
Schindler, J. Stephen. Geotimes, Afghanistan, Geology in a Troubled Land. February 2002, p14-18. www.countrywatch.com (maps and population statistics online). Arnold, Anthony. Afghanistan: The Soviet invasion in perspective. Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 1985. Collins, Joseph J. The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. Lexington Books, 1986.

References
Fletcher, Arnold. Afghanistan: Highway of Conquest. Cornell University Press, 1965. Griffiths, John C. Afghanistan: Key to a Continent. Westview Press, Colorado, 1981. Journal of Petroleum Geology: Petroleum Geology of Afghanistan, Part I and II, (Courtesy of Bill Osten, Houston Geological Society): Internet Geology News Letter No. 117, October 1, 2001 No. 118, October 8, 2001.

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