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Chancery |
Monday to Friday |
| 9:00AM to 5:00PM |
Consular Section |
| Monday to Friday |
| 9:00AM to 1:00PM |
| * The embassy will be closed on all Canadian and Afghan national holidays |
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| Location |
| Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran, south of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and west of China. |
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| Geographic coordinates |
| 33 00 N, 65 00 E |
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| Map references |
| Asia |
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| Area |
| Total: 652,000 sq km |
| Land: 652,000 sq km |
| Water: 0 sq km |
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| Area - comparative |
| slightly smaller than Texas |
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| Land boundaries |
| Total: 5,529 km |
| 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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| Coastline |
| 0 km (landlocked) |
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| Maritime claims |
| none (landlocked) |
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| Climate |
| Arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers |
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| Terrain |
| Mostly rugged mountains; plains in north and southwest |
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| Elevation extremes |
| Lowest point: Amu Darya 258 m; |
| Highest point: Nowshak 7,485 m. |
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| Natural resources |
| natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones |
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| Land use |
| Arable land: 12.13% |
| Permanent Crops: 0.22% |
| Other: 87,65% (1998 est.) |
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| Irrigated land |
| 23,860 sq km (1998 est.) |
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| Natural hazards |
| Damaging earthquakes occur in Hindu Kush mountains; flooding; draughts. |
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| Environment - current issues |
| 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 |
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| Environment - international agreements |
| Party to: Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental, Modification, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban signed, but not ratified: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation |
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| Geography - note |
| Landlocked; the Hidu 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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| Population |
| 25,838,797 (July 2000 est.) |
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| Age structure |
| 0-14 years: 42.37% (male 5,598,403; female 5,371,054) |
| 15-64 years: 54.86% (male 7,362,961; female 6,839,914) |
| 65 years and over: 2.77% (male 378,741; female 337,724) (2000 est.) |
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| Population growth rate |
3.54% (2000 est.)
note: this rate reflects the continued return of refugees from Iran |
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| Birth rate |
| 41.82-births/ 1,000 population (2000 est.) |
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| Death rate |
| 18.01-deaths/ 1,000 population (2000 est.) |
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| Net migration rate |
| 11.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.) |
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| Sex ratio |
| At Birth: 1.05 male(s)/female |
| Under 15 Years: 1.04 male(s)/female |
| 15-64 Years: 1.08 male(s)/female |
| 65 Years and Over: 1.12 male(s)/female |
| Total Population: 1.06 male(s)/ female (2000 est.) |
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| Infant mortality rate |
| 149.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.) |
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| Life expectancy at birth |
| Total Population: 45.88 years |
| Male: 46.62 years |
| Female: 45.1 years (2000 est.) |
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| Total fertility rate |
| 5.87 children born/ woman (2000 est.) |
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| Nationality |
| Noun: Afghan(s) |
| Adjective: Afghan |
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| Ethnic groups |
| Pashtun, Tajik, Uzbek, Hazara, minor ethnic groups (Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others) |
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| Religions |
| Sunni Muslim, Shia Mulsim and others |
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| Languages |
| Pashtu, Dari (Lingua Franca), Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen), 30 minor languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai), much bilingualism |
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| Literacy |
| Definition: age 15 and over can read and write |
| Total Population: 31.5% |
| Male: 47.2% |
| Female: 15% (1999 est.) |
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| Afghanistan is divided into 34 provinces |
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| Badakhshan-(Feyzabad) |
Kunduz-(Konduz) |
Badghis-(Qaleh-ye Now)
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Laghman-(Mehtar Lam) |
| Baghlan-(Baglan) |
Lowgar-(Baraki Barak) |
| Balkh-(Mazar-e-Shariff) |
Nangarhar-(Jalalabad) |
| Daikandi |
Nimruz-(Zaranj) |
| Farah-(Farah) |
Nuristan |
| Faryab-(Meymaneh) |
Oruzgan-(Tarin Kowt) |
| Ghazni-(Ghazni) |
Panjshir - (Bazarak) |
| Ghowr-(Chaghcharan) |
Paktia-(Gardez) |
| Helmand-(Lashkar Gah) |
Paktika-(Zareh Sharan) |
| Herat-(Herat) |
Parwan-(Charikar) |
| Jowzjan-(Sheberghan) |
Samangan-(Aybak) |
| Kabul-(Kabul) |
Sar-i Pol |
| Kandahar-(Kandahar) |
Takhar-(Taloqan) |
| Kapisa-(Mahmud-e-Raqi) |
Wardak-(Kowt-e-Ashrow) |
| Khost |
Zabol-(Qalat) |
| Konar-(Asadabad) |
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| Different types of Afghanistan map - Click on each map to see an inlarged version of it |
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| Full Afghanistan Map |
The Prvinces and Cities |
Major Raods in Afghanistan |
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