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Afghanistan

 

Continent - Asia

Region - Southern Asia

Size - 647,500 km²

Geography - Mountainous (Hindu Kush range), plains in north and south-west

Language - Dari Persian, Pashtu, other Turkic and minor languages

Religion - Islam - 80% Sunni, 19% Shiite

Monetary Unit - Afghani

Natural Resources - Natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, gold, silver, chromite, talc, barites, sulphur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semi-precious stones

Agriculture - opium, wheat, fruits, nuts; wool, mutton, sheepskins, lambskins

Industry - small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, cement; handwoven carpets; natural gas, coal, copper

Neighbouring Countries - Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, China, Iran, Pakistan

Population - 31,889,923 (2007)

Population Growth Rate - 2.6%

Average Life Expectancy - 43.8

Capital City - Kabul (population 2,206,300)

Highest Mountain - Noshaq (7,486 m)

Longest River - Helmand (1,150 km)

Climate - Cold winters  -24°C to 2°C and  hot summers 16°C to 45°C

Yearly Rainfall - 130 cm approx

 

Plant Life - Mountain Regions - evergreen trees, oak, poplar, wild hazelnut, almond, and pistachio
                    Plains - camel thorn, locoweed, spiny restharrow, mimosa, wormwood

Animal Life - 100+ mammal species including - gazelle, leopard, snow leopard, markor goat, Bactrian deer, sheep, urial, ibex, bear, wolf, fox, hyena, jackal,  mongoose, wild boar, hedgehog, shrew, hare, bat

Bird Life - 380+ bird species including - flamingo, duck, partridge

      

 

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