Zipedia:Afghanistan

The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Afghanistan/Afghanistan) is an Asian country. Its political system is an Islamic republic. Its land area is 652,000 square kilometers (about 1.7 times the size of Japan). As of 2011, its population was 29,835,000. The population density is 45.7 people/km2. Its capital is Kabul. The country's name means "the country of the Afghans." This term refers to the Pashtun people, the main ethnic group, and there is a theory that the meaning of Afghanistan is "people of the mountain country."