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Lake in Band-e Amir National Park, March 2008, Afghanistan
Afghanistan flag
1,408
Records
15
Datasets
39
Tables
15
Sources
184
SEL Fields
55
CCL Fields
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📋 Most recent national census: 1979. Included in HERA.
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Datasets (15)
SEL — DGIWG Statistical Extent Location SEL+ — Platform extension (not in DGIWG core spec) CCL — DGIWG Cultural Context Location Extension — Preserved in extension tables (not in core SEL/CCL schema) Pending — Awaiting mapping
AFG HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) AFG-COD_PS Census Derived Population
439 rows · 3 table(s) HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) 0 1 2 3 8 SEL
AFG Global Data Lab AFG-GDL Development Indices
306 rows · 1 table(s) Global Data Lab 0 1 2 3 9 SEL 2 ext
AFG UNHCR Refugee Data Finder AFG-UNHCR Migration
150 rows · 2 table(s) UNHCR Refugee Data Finder 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 36 ext
AFG World Bank Open Data AFG-WORLD_BANK Development Indicators
132 rows · 2 table(s) World Bank Open Data 0 1 2 3 18 SEL 4 ext
AFG LandScan Global (ORNL) AFG-LANDSCAN Modeled Population
109 rows · 3 table(s) LandScan Global (ORNL) 0 1 2 3 Locality 21 SEL 2 ext
AFG GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) AFG-GHSL_UCDB Modeled Population
74 rows · 1 table(s) GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) 0 1 2 3 Locality 3 SEL 7 ext
AFG USAID DHS Program AFG-DHS Health Surveys
68 rows · 2 table(s) USAID DHS Program 0 1 2 3 5 SEL 2 CCL 10 ext
AFG Glottolog Language Catalog AFG-GLOTTOLOG Language
54 rows · 1 table(s) Glottolog Language Catalog 0 1 2 3 1 SEL 12 CCL 3 ext
AFG LandScan Mosaic (ORNL) AFG-LANDSCAN_MOSAIC Modeled Population
35 rows · 2 table(s) LandScan Mosaic (ORNL) 0 1 2 3 14 SEL 4 ext
AFG OpenFactBook AFG-OPENFACTBOOK Country Profile
16 rows · 16 table(s) OpenFactBook 0 1 2 3 98 SEL 2 CCL 529 ext
AFG NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) AFG-NGA_GNS Language
12 rows · 2 table(s) NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) 0 1 2 3 4 SEL 12 CCL 22 ext
AFG Ethnic Power Relations Dataset AFG-EPR Political Ethnicity
7 rows · 1 table(s) Ethnic Power Relations Dataset 0 1 2 3 1 SEL 5 CCL 2 ext
AFG D-PLACE AFG-DPLACE Ethnographic Societies
4 rows · 1 table(s) D-PLACE 0 1 2 3 1 SEL 10 CCL 7 ext
AFG Global Organized Crime Index AFG-OCINDEX Crime Index
1 rows · 1 table(s) GI-TOC / ENACT 0 1 2 3
AFG World Values Survey AFG-WVS Attitudes Values
1 rows · 1 table(s) World Values Survey 0 1 2 3 1 SEL 25 ext
Toponymic Footprint 343,440 place names from NGA GNS

Which languages name the landscape here, and in which writing systems. A language's toponymic footprint and its speaker population are different measures and often diverge.

LanguagePlace names ShareScript
Russian (rus) 38,012 69.3% Cyrillic
Persian (fas) 16,438 30.0% Arabic
Pushto (pus) 246 0.4% Arabic
English (eng) 111 0.2%

75,102 distinct features · 11 languages · 3 scripts · 92,118 names in non-Roman script · 9 conventional English names
Source: NGA GEOnet Names Server (public domain) · rebuilt Wed, 05 Aug 2026. Names follow the US/BGN convention.

Data Sources (15)

The data providers this country's datasets are sourced from — each links out to the provider.

SourceTypeAccess
HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) international_organization bulk_download
Global Data Lab academic api
GI-TOC / ENACT (Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime · ENACT) academic bulk_download
NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) official_government bulk_download
D-PLACE (Database of Places, Language, Culture & Environment) academic bulk_download
UNHCR Refugee Data Finder (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) international_organization api
USAID DHS Program (US Agency for International Development · Demographic and Health Surveys) international_organization api
Glottolog Language Catalog academic bulk_download
World Values Survey academic metadata_catalog
World Bank Open Data international_organization api
Ethnic Power Relations Dataset academic bulk_download
LandScan Mosaic (ORNL) research_institution direct_download
LandScan Global (ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory) research_institution earth_engine
GHS Urban Centre Database (Global Human Settlement · EU Joint Research Centre) international_organization bulk_download
OpenFactBook community_compilation bulk_download

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