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Hoofdstad: Kaboel Bevolking: 30mln Oppervlakte: 647.500 km2 Talen:
Urdu, Afghaans Farsi (Dari), Pashto, Turkse talen, lokale dialecten
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De minaret van Jam in het westen van Afghanistan, daterend uit de 12e eeuw, is de op een na hoogste minaret ter wereld.
Exact population: 31,056,997 (July 2006 est.) Literacy: Total population: 36%; male: 51%; female: 21% Ethnicities: Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimak 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, other 4% 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 Terrain: Mostly rugged mountains; plains in north and southwest Extremes: Lowest point: Amu Darya 258 m; highest point: Nowshak 7,485 m Imports: Pakistan 25.5%, US 8.7%, India 8.5%, Germany 6.5%, Turkmenistan 5.3%, Kenya 4.7%, South Korea 4.2%, Russia 4.2% (2004) Exports: Pakistan 24%, India 21.3%, US 12.4%, Germany 5.5% (2004) Industries: Small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, cement; handwoven carpets; natural gas, coal, copper
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