Afghan provinces, found on the map
Learn all 34 provinces, from Herat and the southwestern deserts to the central highlands and Badakhshan’s Wakhan corridor. Zoom in around Kabul for smaller provinces.
34 to find, 8 a run.
5 rounds, 6 of 8 to pass each. Pass one and its places are yours.
Every one on the map
Every place listed below can be asked in this game. Places you find in a passed round drop out of your remaining pool.
- Badakhshan
- Badghis
- Baghlan
- Balkh
- Bamyan
- Daykundi
- Farah
- Faryab
- Ghazni
- Ghor
- Helmand
- Herat
- Jowzjan
- Kabul
- Kandahar
- Kapisa
- Khost
- Kunar
- Kunduz
- Laghman
- Logar
- Nangarhar
- Nimruz
- Nuristan
- Paktia
- Paktika
- Panjshir
- Parwan
- Samangan
- Sar-e Pol
- Takhar
- Uruzgan
- Wardak
- Zabul
What the map tells you about each one
The paragraph the game shows when you find each one. Reading them first is not cheating.
- Kandahar
- Its provincial centre is Kandahar. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Zabul
- Its provincial centre is Qalat. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Uruzgan
- Its provincial centre is Tarin Kot. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Daykundi
- Its provincial centre is Nili. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Ghazni
- Its provincial centre is Ghazni. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Paktika
- Its provincial centre is Sharana. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Khost
- Its provincial centre is Khost. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Paktia
- Its provincial centre is Gardez. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Logar
- Its provincial centre is Pul-e Alam. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Wardak
- Its provincial centre is Maidan Shar. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Kabul
- Its provincial centre is Kabul. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Nangarhar
- Its provincial centre is Jalalabad. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Laghman
- Its provincial centre is Mehtarlam. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Kapisa
- Its provincial centre is Mahmud-e Raqi. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Parwan
- Its provincial centre is Charikar. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Panjshir
- Its provincial centre is Bazarak. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Kunar
- Its provincial centre is Asadabad. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Nuristan
- Its provincial centre is Parun. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Baghlan
- Its provincial centre is Pul-e Khumri. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Bamyan
- Its provincial centre is Bamyan. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Samangan
- Its provincial centre is Aybak. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Kunduz
- Its provincial centre is Kunduz. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Takhar
- Its provincial centre is Taloqan. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Balkh
- Its provincial centre is Mazar-e Sharif. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Sar-e Pol
- Its provincial centre is Sar-e Pol. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Jowzjan
- Its provincial centre is Sheberghan. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Faryab
- Its provincial centre is Maymana. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Badghis
- Its provincial centre is Qala-e Naw. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Ghor
- Its provincial centre is Firozkoh, also called Chaghcharan. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Herat
- Its provincial centre is Herat. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Farah
- Its provincial centre is Farah. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Nimruz
- Its provincial centre is Zaranj. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Helmand
- Its provincial centre is Lashkar Gah. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
- Badakhshan
- Its provincial centre is Fayzabad. Province names and city names can coincide; this round asks for the whole province.
How this one works
How many provinces are on the map?
34. Every one of them is on the map, and a run asks 8 of them. Pass a round and the places you found in it drop out of the pool, so the next run is what you have left.
What is a round?
A run of 8 questions, and 6 right passes it. 5 rounds cover the whole map, and the counter at the top of the Afghanistan page counts the ones behind you. Passing is what banks a round's finds: miss the mark and nothing is taken off the map, so every place that round asked about is still there to be asked again. A round is always the places you have not found yet, and when fewer than five are left it is topped up with a few you have found as review, so the last round is never one or two questions. Three quarters of it passes it.
Can I start the map over?
Yes. "Reset this map" under the counter puts all 34 back in the pool and sets the rounds to zero the moment you press it, so the whole map is there to be found again from nothing. It clears this map only; the other maps of Afghanistan keep their progress.
Do I need an account?
No. The game plays in the page, and a guest's progress is kept in their own browser. Signing in carries it between devices and earns XP for a run.
What happens when I get one wrong?
The map names what you actually hit, then lights up the right answer in green and tells you something about the place. Missing one is how most of this map gets learned.
The other maps of Afghanistan
Argentina has the same map in Argentine provinces and Buenos Aires. Belgium has the same map in Belgian provinces and Brussels. Bulgaria has the same map in Bulgarian provinces. Cambodia has the same map in Cambodia’s provinces and capital. Canada has the same map in Canadian provinces and territories. China has the same map in Chinese provinces. Costa Rica has the same map in Costa Rican provinces. Cuba has the same map in Cuban provinces and Isla de la Juventud. Dominican Republic has the same map in Dominican provinces and National District. Ecuador has the same map in Ecuadorian provinces. Indonesia has the same map in Indonesian provinces. Iran has the same map in Iranian provinces. Laos has the same map in Laos’s provinces and capital. Mongolia has the same map in Mongolian aimags. Nepal has the same map in Nepali provinces. Netherlands has the same map in Dutch provinces. Panama has the same map in Panamanian provinces and comarcas. South Africa has the same map in South African provinces. South Korea has the same map in South Korean divisions. Sri Lanka has the same map in Provinces of Sri Lanka. Thailand has the same map in Thai provinces and Bangkok. Türkiye has the same map in Turkish provinces. Vietnam has the same map in Vietnamese provinces and municipalities. All three together on the Afghanistan atlas page, the country itself on the Afghanistan guide, and the other two hundred on the world map.