Afghanistan

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ; جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان‬ (Dari); Jomhūrīyyeh Eslāmīyyeh Afġānestān; د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت‬ (Pashto); Da Afġānistān Islāmī Jumhoryat;
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	Motto: لا إله إلا الله، محمد رسول الله‬; "Lā ʾilāha ʾillā llāh, Muhammadun rasūlu llāh" ; "There is no God but Allah; Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. (Shahada)
	Anthem: Millī Surūd; ملي سرود‬; (English: "National Anthem");
Ntsindza-doroba; and largest city	Kabul; 34°32′N 69°08′E / 34.533°N 69.133°E
Official languages	Dari; Pashto;
Ethnic groups	Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, and others
Religion	Islam
Demonym	Afghan
Government	Unitary presidential Islamic republic
• President	Ashraf Ghani
• Chief Executive Officer	Abdullah Abdullah
Legislature	National Assembly
• Upper house	House of Elders
• Lower house	House of the People
Formation
• Hotak Empire	April 1709
• Durrani Empire	October 1747
• Emirate	1823
• Recognized	19 August 1919
• Kingdom	9 June 1926
• Republic	17 July 1973
• Current constitution	26 January 2004
Area
• Total	652,864 km2 (252,072 sq mi) (40th)
• Water (%)	negligible
Population
• 2016 estimate	34,656,032 (40th)
• Density	49.88/km2 (129.2/sq mi) (150th)
GDP (PPP)	2017 estimate
• Total	$70 billion
• Per capita	$1,888
GDP (nominal)	2017 estimate
• Total	$21 billion
• Per capita	$572
Gini (2008)	29; low
HDI (2014)	0.465; low · 171st
Currency	Afghani (Afs) (AFN)
Time zone	D† (UTC+4:30 Solar Calendar)
Drives on the	right
Calling code	+93
ISO 3166 code	AF
Internet TLD	.af افغانستان.

Coordinates: 33°N 65°E / 33°N 65°E / 33; 65 Afghanistan i tiko ra Axiya.

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↑ "Central Statistics Organization". cso.gov.af. Archived from the original on 2014-06-24. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
↑ "World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision". ESA.UN.org (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 "Afghanistan". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
↑ "Gini Index". World Bank. Archived from the original on 11 May 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
↑ "2015 Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. 14 December 2015. p. 18. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

↑ Incorrect names that have been used as demonyms are Afghani^[3] and Afghanistani.^[4]

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[3] Dictionary.com. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Reference.com (Retrieved 13 November 2007).

[4] Dictionary.com. WordNet 3.0. Princeton University. Reference.com (Retrieved 13 November 2007). Archived 28 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine.

[Area_and_administrative_Population-6] "Central Statistics Organization". cso.gov.af. Archived from the original on 2014-06-24. Retrieved 2018-08-07.

[UN_WPP-7] "World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision". ESA.UN.org (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 10 September 2017.

[imf2-8] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 "Afghanistan". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 1 October 2017.

[wb-gini-9] "Gini Index". World Bank. Archived from the original on 11 May 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2011.

[HDI-10] "2015 Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. 14 December 2015. p. 18. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

[Demonym-5] Incorrect names that have been used as demonyms are Afghani^[3] and Afghanistani.^[4]

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