Afghanistan

About Afghanistan

Afghanistan is a country in Southern Asia, one of the 47 countries of Asia on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. In Arabic, the name is written أفغانستان, and the capital كابل. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.

The capital of Afghanistan is Kabul. Kabul lies at about 35° north and 69° east. Afghanistan has 3 official languages: Dari, Pashto, and Turkmen. Its currency is the Afghan Afghani, with the symbol ⁨؋⁩ and the international code AFN.

Afghanistan covers about 652,230 square kilometres, which puts it 41st by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It is landlocked, with no coastline, and has 6 neighbours: China, Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. The largest of these neighbours by area is China. Other countries in Southern Asia include India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Asia quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Afghanistan with the other countries of the same region.