Iran, pakistan, uzbekistan, turkmenistan, tajikistan and china border afghanistan from all sides. Note that maps may not appear on the webpage in their full size and resolution. Policy congressional research service 1 background afghanistan has a history of a high degree of decentralization, and resistance to foreign invasion and occupation. The map of afghanistan template includes two slides. Geological survey assistance in the reconstruction effort in afghanistan funded by the u. Afghanistan map map of afghanistan, afghanistan outline map. Jan 10, 2020 afghanistan, in the world factbook, ed. Zeckhauser, derek leebaert duke university press, 1983 political science 324 pages.
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It has a population of almost 30 million ministry of finance, afghanistan 2011. In an attempt to stabilize the turbulent political situation in afghanistan, the soviet union sends 75,000 troops to enforce the installation of babrak karmal as. Energy is one of afghanistan s top economic development priorities as electricity is the motor that powers the countrys growth. The a to z guide to afghanistan assistanceassistance. Afghanistan srtm shuttle radar topography mission dem data available at 1 arc second ca. Some were compiled from existing data, both historical and current. Afghanistan country map, uk foreign office pdf, 1mb afghanistan, united nations cartographic office. All maps come in ai, eps, pdf, png and jpg file formats. These maps are intended for ocha and the humanitarian partners to use in their. Maps of afghanistan detailed map of afghanistan in. Get your guidebooks, travel goods, even individual chapters, right here. Below are a variety of downloadable geospatial reference datasets relating to afghanistan. Click the support us button to make your contribution today. Please also check our more detailed, editable america.
You can use the go to address command to get maps for any afghan address. However, in the last 40 years the country has been in chaos due to major warsfrom the soviet invasion of 1979 to their withdrawal in 1989 and from warlordism to the removal of the taliban in 2001 and the ensuing usnato i. Hydrogeology of afghanistan and its impact on military operations 81 bohannon, r. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Pashtun peoples are the largest ethnic group in the south of the country, while tajiks and uzbeks are concentrated along the norther borders, and the hazara in the central highlands. Soviet invasion of afghanistan, military action carried out in late december 1979 by soviet troops. Kabul is the capital and largest city of afghanistan, located in the eastern section of the country. As a result of these changes, the presentday border. Slide 1, country outline map labeled with capital and major cities. Afghanistan, officially the islamic republic of afghanistan, dari persian.
Map of afghanistan showing the regional commands isaf rcs and the provincial reconstruction teams isaf prts. These maps provide complete coverage of the country and are published electronically in the usgs open file report series as pdf map files that can be printed to scale. Mar 02, 2020 afghanistan, landlocked multiethnic country located in the heart of southcentral asia. Extensive displacement occurred in rural areas in western and central afghanistan with 156,200 people displaced by conflict as compared to 125,300 in 20. Afghanistan introduction afghanistan is a lowincome country which has had a gross national income gni per capita of around usd 300 since 2005 wdi, 2011. This place is situated in badakhshan, afghanistan, its geographical coordinates are 36 48 23 north, 70 6 15 east and its original name with diacritics is keshem. The precise delimitation of the afghanistan persian frontier was an ongoing process, however, one that was not completed until 1935.
Pashtun, tajik, hazara, uzbek, aymaq, turkmen, baloch, pashai, nuristani, gujjar, arab, brahui, pamiri and a few others. The a to z guide the a to z guide to afghanistan assistanceassistance fourth editionfourth edition. Download free afghanistan maps sponsorsfree map downloadsfree world country map downloadssee also. For some 40 years, isric world soil information has been providing significant support to the international science community by collecting and archiving regional, national and globalscale maps of soils and land resources. Afghanistan is a favorite destination in centralasia for those who enjoy adventurous traveling. Afghanistan outline map labeled with kabul, herat, jalalabad, mazarisharif, ghazni, and kandahar cities. This downloadable blank map of asia makes that task easier. The individual 200k map sheets contain thousands of geographic place names translated into english in accordance with the u. Despite effective procedures for storage and maintenance, most organizations involved in archiving struggle to arrest the deterioration of paper maps and the quality. The population of the country is divided into the following ethnolinguistic groups. Maps afghanistan nautilus institute for security and. Some of the countries with a theocratic government include yemen, vatican city, sudan, and mauritania. Known today for its exports of carpets and dried fruit, the country has served humanity as a. Mar 23, 2020 select afghanistan from the list, and expertgps will display a map of kabul.
Afghanistan was the scene of the defeat of the soviet union in the sovietafghan war of 19791988. Ocha coordinates the global emergency response to save lives and protect people in humanitarian crises. Military map of afghanistan compiled from the latest russian. Rukstales openfile report 200717 this report is usgs afghanistan project product no. Embed the above blank location map of afghanistan into your website. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. Afghanistan is a refereed journal published twice a year in april and october.
Nato led the unmandated international security assistance force isaf from august 2003 to december 2014. Afghanistan news map security alerts from afghanistan. Afghanistan usa lebanon syria epidemics select regions. It reflects the fact that the city of herat and its environs were ceded by the qajar dynasty of persia to afghanistan under the treaty of paris in 1857. Afghanistan s population is divided into several ethnolinguistic groups, which are represented in the ethnolinguistic map and listed in the chart below. Afghanistan s power sector faces a planning challenge of enormous complexity embed. World geography asia southcentral asia afghanistan free to print scroll down for pdf.
The interpretation was assisted through the use of kfa space photographs of various regions of afghanistan, acquired from1988 through to 1992. He founded the city of kandahar which was initially named alexandria. Please also check our more detailed, fully editable world map. Afghanistan profile map pdf about shapefiles accuracy, quality and suitabilityfree map downloadsfree world country map downloads. The project will support the nationwide cleaning and greening campaign. Seismotectonic map of afghanistan, with annotated bibliography. Preliminary earthquake hazard map of afghanistan usgs.
This place is situated in kandahar, afghanistan, its geographical coordinates are 31 33 12 north, 65 38 26 east and its original name with diacritics is walakan. Afghanistan, landlocked multiethnic country located in the heart of southcentral asia. Preliminary earthquake hazard map of afghanistan by oliver s. Afghanistan administrative divisions 2009 617k and pdf format 736k. Afghanistan is a landlocked country of mountains and valleys in the heart of asia afghanistan has been the center of many powerful empires for the past 2,000 years. Afghanistan map printable worksheet student handouts. The afghan national anthem and the afghan constitution mention a total of 14 ethnic groups. Map of afghanistan is a fully layered, editable vector map file. Nangarhar province reference map humanitarianresponse. Geological survey is working with the afghanistan ministry of mines and industries and the afghan geological survey in conducting a mineral resource assessment of afghanistan.
Landlocked between china, iran, pakistan and three of the new central asian republics. Free war in afghanistan maps free afghanistan arcgis shapefiles. Afghanistan maps perrycastaneda map collection ut library. Afghanistan a brief history afghanistan, the crossroads linking central asia, south asia, iran and the arabian sea, has long been the land of warring tribes where innumerable battles have been. Part or all of this report is presented in portable document format pdf. Afghanistan history, map, flag, capital, population. Central intelligence agency unless otherwise indicated.
Lying along important trade routes connecting southern and eastern asia to europe and the middle east, afghanistan has long been a prize sought by empire builders. We advocate for effective and principled humanitarian action by all, for all. Weve been online since 1996 and have created s of pages. We have noticed that you are using an adblocking software. Library of congress federal research division country profile. Isafs mission was to enable the afghan authorities and build the capacity of the afghan national security forces to provide effective security, so as to ensure that afghanistan would never again be a safe haven for terrorists. Administrative map of afghanistan with provinces and districts. Dams and reservoirs in afghanistan are used for irrigation, water supply, hydroelectric power generation or combination of these. Excellent collection of downloadable maps, including arcgis shapefile map layers.
Asia is the largest of the world regions, stretching from the middle east to india and over to china and japan. Geography of afghanistan world map world atlas atlas. Natural disasters afghanistan is a disaster prone country subject to earthquakes, flooding, drought, landslides, and avalanches. List of dams and reservoirs in afghanistan wikipedia. Political, administrative, road, relief, physical, topographical, travel and other maps of afghanistan. It all culminates in the high peaks of the hindu kush, where extensions of the pamir mountains, karakorum mountains and the himalayas all come together. Kabul informal settlements kis as of 2 march 2014 baghlan kabul kapisa laghman logar nangarhar nuristan. Kandaharkabul highway, us, department of state, 2003. All the dams and reservoirs in afghanistan are listed below. The war in afghanistan, code named operation enduring freedom 200114 and operation freedoms sentinel 2015present, followed the united states invasion of afghanistan of 7 october 2001, when the united states of america and its allies successfully drove the taliban from power in order to deny alqaeda a safe base of operations in afghanistan.
This report is usgs afghanistan project product no. Violence flares in afghanistan among various groups the new. They range from landsat images to topographic products and the results of airborne surveys. Afghanistan s environmental policy to protection agency waste management. Play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on. Located 150 kilometers west from afghanistan s capital city, the shah foladi protected area is an example for ensuring the sustainable development and management of natural resources and livelihoods. Southern afghanistan map, department of defence, australia.
Detailed, interactive and static maps of afghanistan and satellite images for afghanistan. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The pcl map collection includes more than 250,000 maps, yet less than 30% of the collection is currently online. More than 50% of the total land area lies above 6,500 ft. However, regional warlords and large areas of afghanistan remained beyond the control of the karzai government. May 22, 2016 violence flares in afghanistan among various groups. Afghanistan pakistan administrative divisions 2012 10. Kabul, afghanistan afghanistans conflict is beginning to look more like a messy civil war than a straightforward struggle between. It covers all subjects in the humanities including history, art, archaeology, architecture, geography, numismatics, literature, religion, social sciences and contemporary issues from the preislamic and islamic periods. This map is by no means comprehensive but illustrates some of the ways natural resource management impacts peacebuilding in afghanistan. Large detailed map of afghanistan with cities and towns. Free afghanistan editable map free powerpoint templates. National soil maps eudasm esdac european commission.
Unep in afghanistan laying the foundations for sustainable development united nations environment programme. Liveuamap is editorially independent, we dont receive funding from commercial networks, governments or other entities. State of texas, most of afghanistan is a rugged, inhospitable mountainous landscape. Afghanistan is a multiethnic and mostlytribal society. The soviet union intervened in support of the afghan communist government in its conflict with anticommunist muslim guerrillas during the afghan war 197892 and remained in afghanistan. Afghanistan, acquired in 1990 full coverage and 1993 partial coverage. We respect your choice to block banners, but without them we. Pdf world map from a different perspective, placing the american continent in the center. Kabul, the capital of afghanistan, is its largest city. Because each of our afghanistan digital maps is available in the adobe illustrator or editable pdf format, both of which use a vector based approach to displaying images, you can easily zoom into any portion of our maps without any degradation in the quality of the text, lines and symbols of the map regardless of the magnification factor. The panoramic satellite map represents one of many map types and styles available. As you scroll around the map and zoom in and out, expertgps will automatically download maps of the area you are viewing. Afghanistan journalists safety committee, documented some 68 attacks on journalists in the first six months of 2014, compared to around 41 attacks in the same period in 20. The percentages given are estimates only, as accurate and current statistical data on ethnicity are not available.
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