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Afghanistan Thematic Maps

Country (long form)	Islamic State of Afghanistan
Capital	Kabul
Total Area	250,000 sq mi 647,500.00 sq km (slightly smaller than Texas)
Population	26,813,057 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050	67,224,578
Languages	Pashtu 35%, Afghan Persian (Dari) 50%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minor languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism
Literacy	31.5% total, 47.2% male, 15% female (1999 est.)
Religions	Sunni Muslim 84%, Shi'a Muslim 15%, other 1%
Life Expectancy	46.97 male, 45.47 female (2000 est.)
Government Type	in transition from a theocratic regime to a form as yet to be determined
Currency	1 afghani (AF) = 100 puls
GDP (per capita)	$800 (2000 est.)
Industry	small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, and cement; hand-woven carpets; natural gas, oil, coal and copper
Agriculture	opium poppies, wheat, fruits, nuts, wool, mutton, karakul pelts
Arable Land	12%
Minerals and Resources	natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones