Afghanistan
Currency code:
Currency name:
Afghan afghani
Country name:
Afghanistan
Capital:
Kabul
Country code:
Continent:
Independence:
August 19, 1919
Independent from:
from UK control over Afghan foreign affairs
Total area:
652,230
Land area:
652,230
Population:
31,108,077
Population note:
31,108,077 (July 2013 est.)
Official language:
Dari (Afghan Persian) & Pashto
All languages:
Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 50%, Pashto (official) 35%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minor languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism, but Dari functions as the lingua franca
note: the Turkic languages Uzbek and Turkmen, as well as Balochi, Pashai, Nuristani, and Pamiri are the third official languages in areas where the majority speaks them
Time zone:
UTC+04:30
Drive on:
Right
Calling code:
+93
Domain:
.af