Kabul District

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Kabul District
District
Afghanistan Kabul Province Kabul District.png
Location in Kabul Province
Country Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan
Province Kabul
Capital Kabul
Government
[1]
 •  Mayor Mawlawi Abdul Rashid
Area
[2]
 • Land1,049 km2 (405 sq mi)
Elevation
[3]
1,791 m (5,876 ft)
Population
[4]
 • Estimate 
(2025)
5,333,284
Time zone UTC+04:30 (Afghanistan Time)
ISO 3166 code AF-KBL
Website km.gov.af

Kabul District [a] is one of the districts of Kabul Province in the eastern part of Afghanistan. It encompasses Kabul, which is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. The district has an estimated population of 5,333,284 people. [4] They belong to all ethnic groups of Afghanistan, and Dari and Pashto are their main languages. Mawlawi Abdul Rashid is the current mayor of the district. [1]

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Kabul District has a land area of 1,049 km2 (405 sq mi) or 103,049 ha (254,640 acres). [2] [3] In 2015 the district had 396,095 dwelling units in it.

Kabul District is surrounded by the following districts, in clockwise: Deh Sabz District in the north and northeast; Bagrami District in the east; Char Asiab District in the south; Paghman District in the west; and Shakardara District in the northwest.

Notes

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References

  1. 1 2 "Kabul Mayor Meets Residents of Various Districts to Address Their Concerns". Kabul Municipality. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
  2. 1 2 "State of Afghan Cities report 2015 (Volume-I English)". UN-Habitat. pp. 8, 130. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
  3. 1 2 "State of Afghan Cities report 2015 (Volume-II)". UN-Habitat. p. 50. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
  4. 1 2 "Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2025-26" (PDF). National Statistics and Information Authority. September 2025. p. 13. Retrieved 2025-12-31.


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