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Islamic State of Afghanistan
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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 Detail Information:
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