Kabul
Capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
Also known as Cabool · Caubul · Kabol · Cabul · Kaboul
- Country
- Afghanistan
1
- , Achaemenid Empire(-0500)
- , Seleucid Empire(-0300)
- +17 more
- Afghanistan
- Located in
- Kabul District
- , Chagatai Khanate(1250–1342)
- Population
- 5,333,284(2025)
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Sources- 1.“Estmated Populaton of Afghanistan 2025-26”nsia.gov.af:8443/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D9%86%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-1404.pdf#page=36
- , 4,273,156(2020)
- 5,333,284(2025)
- Area
- 275 km²
- Elevation
- 1,790 m
- Head of government
- Hamdullah Nomani
- , Dost Mohammad Khan(until 1839)
- , Shah Shujah Durrani(1839–1841)
- +3 more
- Founded
- 1200
Overview
All data
191 statements · 20% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Capital of
- Afghanistan
- Kabul Province
- Kabul District
- Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan(1996–2001) nature of statement: de jure
- Democratic Republic of Afghanistan(1978–1992)
- Kingdom of Afghanistan(1926–1973)
- Islamic State of Afghanistan(1992–2002)
- Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan(2002–2004)
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- Republic of Afghanistan(1973–1978)
- Emirate of Afghanistan(1823–1926)
- Durrani Empire(1776–1823) replaces: Kandahar · replaced by: unknown
- Durrani Empire(1839–1842) replaces: unknown · replaced by: none
- Mughal Empire(1504–1526)
- Native label
- کابل
- Demonym
- Kabuli
- Kabulano
- kaboulien applies to part: masculine singular
- kaboulienne applies to part: feminine singular
- Kaboulienne applies to part: feminine singular
- Kaboulien applies to part: masculine singular
- kabulí applies to part: masculine singular
- kabulina applies to part: feminine singular
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- kabulins applies to part: masculine plural
- kabulines applies to part: feminine plural
- ਕਾਬਲੀ script: Gurmukhi
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- قابلی script: Shahmukhi
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- kabulesi applies to part: masculine plural
- Inwoner van Kaboel applies to name of object: Kaboel
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Sources- 1.Stated in Buitenlandse aardrijkskundige namen in het Nederlands“Afghanistan”namen.taalunie.org/land/afRetrieved 2026-07-26
- Inwoner van Kabul applies to name of object: Kabul
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Sources- 1.Stated in Buitenlandse aardrijkskundige namen in het Nederlands“Afghanistan”namen.taalunie.org/land/afRetrieved 2026-07-26
- Significant event
- Named after
- Kabul River
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Sources- 1.Stated in The World Factbookcia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/afghanistanRetrieved 2021-01-22
- Kabul River
- Twinned administrative body
- Ankara(since 2003)
- Kazan(since 2005)
- Omaha(since 2003)
- Kansas City(since 2018)
- Istanbul(since 1992)
- Social media followers
- 37,200(September 6, 2025) youtube channel id: UC1AKnbRj8_-XVOrpC7gKM-w
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- 33,700(February 22, 2025) youtube channel id: UC1AKnbRj8_-XVOrpC7gKM-w
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- 30,000(October 14, 2024) youtube channel id: UC1AKnbRj8_-XVOrpC7gKM-w
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- 26,200(April 29, 2024) youtube channel id: UC1AKnbRj8_-XVOrpC7gKM-w
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- 22,100(January 16, 2024) youtube channel id: UC1AKnbRj8_-XVOrpC7gKM-w
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- 17,000(May 31, 2023) youtube channel id: UC1AKnbRj8_-XVOrpC7gKM-w
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- 14,900(February 17, 2023) youtube channel id: UC1AKnbRj8_-XVOrpC7gKM-w
- 5,060(April 6, 2022) youtube channel id: UC1AKnbRj8_-XVOrpC7gKM-w
- 37,200(September 6, 2025) youtube channel id: UC1AKnbRj8_-XVOrpC7gKM-w
- Present in work
- Civilization V subject has role: City-state
On other databases
85 identifiers linking Kabul across the web's reference databases
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- ArchINFORM location ID7986
- Australian War Memorial IDPL503598
- BBC News topic IDc2rnyv8lem8t
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- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID153034962
- CANTIC ID981060957614106706
- Curlie IDRegional/Asia/Afghanistan/Localities/Kabul/
- Dagens Nyheter topic IDkabul
- Deník tag ID7162
- Der Spiegel topic IDkabul
- Die Tageszeitung tag IDt5009331
- Edition humboldt digital IDH0000324
- Encyclopaedia Beliana IDkabul-0
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Kabul
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDkaboul
- ERR keyword ID178883
- Euronews topic IDkabul
- Facebook location ID102164239825190
- Facebook usernameKabulMunicipality
- FactGrid item IDQ86948
- FAST ID1719813
- France 24 topic ID (French)kaboul
- Freebase ID/m/0494n
- GeoNames ID1138958
- GND ID4029127-3
- Google Maps Customer ID16996381813693826089
- Google News topics IDCAAqJQgKIh9DQkFTRVFvSUwyMHZNRFE1Tkc0U0JXVnVMVWRDS0FBUAE
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDkabul-0
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0035201
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDKabul
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)2030976
- Great Ukrainian Encyclopedia Online IDКабул
- Grove Art Online IDT045427
- Gynopedia IDKabul
- Harper's tagkabul
- Hikr waypoint ID65341
- Hindustan Times topic IDkabul
- IdRef ID191664162
- Interlingual Index IDi82644
- J9U entity ID987007548057305171
- Joconde location IDT84-284
- Larousse IDville/wd/126366
- Lex IDKabul
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn80056678
- Museum-digital place ID1781
- MusicBrainz area ID422967c2-1619-4ab4-9182-5cd8926fc7ab
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/ed828bba-230b-4f14-a73e-388e5790815f
- National Library of Ireland IDvtls001143315
- National Library of Lithuania IDLNB:/o8;=BY
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX458996
- New York Post topic IDkabul
- NL CR AUT IDge205286
- Nomisma IDkabul
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning8081
- Omni topic ID69dabc54e108c7e855fe01bb3adb27d0cea6c595
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3918802
- OpenStreetMap node ID21716195
- Postimees topic ID18553
- Quora topic IDKabul-Afghanistan
- RKD thesaurus ID43179
- Slovak National Library (VIAF) IDvtls004964647
- SNARC IDQ1477
- Subredditkabul
- Süddeutsche Zeitung topic IDKabul
- SVKKL authority ID0244860-Kabul-Afghanistan
- TDV Encyclopedia of Islam IDkabil--afganistan
- Telegram usernameKabulMunicipality
- The Independent topic IDkabul
- The U.S. Sun topic IDwhere/kabul
- Treccani IDkabul
- U.S. National Archives Identifier10044238
- UK Parliament thesaurus ID11141
- UN/LOCODEAFKBL
- VIAF cluster ID150371535
- Vikidia article IDes:Kabul
- Who's on First ID421168799
- Wikisimpsons article ID50105
- WOEID1922738
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID08722051-n
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJjHgRP7T6mKvdT7Gfw9jC
- Yale LUX IDplace/c34582d6-ad3b-4d6e-afc0-91c62bbd5305
- Yle topic ID18-188411
- YouTube channel IDUC1AKnbRj8_-XVOrpC7gKM-w
- YSO ID118598