Cities of Afghanistan - Statistics

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POPULATION	ELEVATION	LOCATION	IDENTIFYING FEATURE	Answer	% Correct
7,100,000	1791m	East of the country, in narrow valley, wedged between the Hindu Kush mountains and the Kabul River.	Capital city of Afghanistan	Kabul	100%
1,089,000	1010m	South east of the country, Arghandab River runs along the west of the city.	Region around this city is one of the oldest known areas of human settlement	Kandahar	83%
715,000	920m	West of the country, oasis city situated south of the Paropamisus Mountains.	Traditionally known for its wine. Centre of intellectual and artistic life in Islamic world	Herat	50%
998,000	575m	East of the country, lies in the junction of the Kabul River and Kunar River.	Leading centre of social and trade activity due to its proximity to Torkham border crossing	Jalalabad	33%
106,083	1,225m	South east of the country, on a plateau extending until the Pakistan border.	Pine nuts are the most noteworthy export of the province	Khost	33%
635,000	357m	North of the country, located close to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.	Tourist attraction because of its famous shrines. Home to an international airport	Mazar-i-Sharif	33%
96,039	1,600m	East of the country, lies on the Afghan Ring Road, 69km from the Capital.	The region around this city saw some of the fiercest fighting during the Soviet-Afghan War	Charikar	17%
143,379	2,219m	South east of the country, situated on a plateau between Kabul and Kandahar on Highway 1.	Declared Islamic Capital of Culture in 2013, by ISESCO	Ghazni	17%
268,893	351m	North east of the country, near the joining of the Kunduz River with the Khanabad River.	Famous for it's watermelon production	Kunduz	17%
95,445	1,254m	North east of the country, located on the right bank of the Kokcha River.	Isolated city due to lack of paved roads. There is an airport next to the city offering domestic flights.	Fayzabad	0%
70,641	2,308m	East of the country, located between two important roads cutting through a huge alpine valley. Surrounded by mountains and deserts of the Hindu Kush.	Major fuel wood market for the capital. Many of its surrounding forests are being cut down for fuel.	Gardez	0%
280,381	773m	South west of the country, located where the Arghandab River merges into the Helmand River.	Trading and Transit Hub in Southern Afghanistan	Lashkargah	0%
149,040	877m	North west of the country, located on the Maymana River.	The citadel in this city dates back to the early Iron Age.	Maymana	0%
196,400	920m	North east of the country, 230km north of Kabul.	Trading and transit hub of the Baghlan Province	Puli Khumri	0%
175,599	361m	North west of the country, located on the banks of the Sari Pul River.	Was a stronghold for an Uzbek Warlord while at war with a Tajik rival	Sheberghan	0%
221,274	876m	North east of the country, located very close to the Tajikistan border.	Marco Polo described the city as having a 'great corn-market'	Taloqan	0%
71,605	1,317m	South of the country, sits next to two rivers with a network of various size canals that provide water to nearby farms.	Snow can be seen every winter, and city is connected with Kandahar to the South.	Tarinkot	0%
160,902	476m	South west of the country, linked by highways to Iran to the West.	The Afghan-Iran border is one of the the three important trade-routes connecting Central Asia, East Asia and South Asia with the Middle East	Zaranj	0%

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