Kandahar District

Kandahar District
د کندهار ولسوالی
ولسوالی قندهار
District
Interactive map of Kandahar District
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceKandahar
CenterKandahar
No. of nahias15
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipality
 • MayorMullah Hekmatullah
Area
[2]
 • Land273 km2 (105 sq mi)
Elevation
[3]
1,010 m (3,310 ft)
Population
[4]
 • Estimate 
(2025)
732,629
Time zoneUTC+04:30 (Afghanistan Time)
ISO 3166 codeAF-KAN
Websitekandahar-m.gov.af

Kandahar District (Pashto: د کندهار ولسوالی; Dari: ولسوالی قندهار) is one of the 20 districts of Kandahar Province in southern Afghanistan, with an estimated population of 732,629 settled residents.[4] It encompasses Kandahar, the capital and largest city of Kandahar Province.

The administrative center of Kandahar District is the city of Kandahar, which is divided into 15 nahias (city districts).[3] Every nahia has a police station and a number of neighborhoods. Mullah Hekmatullah serves as the current mayor of the city.[1] His predecessor was Haji Nimatullah Hassan.[5]

Kandahar District has a land area of 273 km2 (105 sq mi) or 27,337 ha (67,550 acres).[2][3] In 2015 the district had 61,902 dwelling units in it.[3]

Kandahar District borders the following districts, in clockwise: Shah Wali Kot District in the north; Daman District in the east and south; Panjwai District in the southwest; Zherai District in the west; and Arghandab District in the northwest.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Islamic Emirate Brings New Appointments". TOLOnews. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 2026-01-24.
  2. ^ a b "State of Afghan Cities report 2015 (Volume-I English)". UN-Habitat. pp. 8, 130. Retrieved 2026-01-24.
  3. ^ a b c d "State of Afghan Cities report 2015 (Volume-II)". UN-Habitat. pp. 54–57. Retrieved 2026-01-24.
  4. ^ a b "Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2025-26" (PDF). National Statistics and Information Authority. September 2025. p. 94. Retrieved 2026-01-24.
  5. ^ "World Bank Starts Two Projects in Kandahar". TOLOnews. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 2026-01-24.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.