Afghanistan

A Map Organizes a Wonder – Afghanistan

The unknown country, Afghanistan is an Asian country sharing land borders with 6 countries: Iran, Turkmenistan, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan. It covers 652,230 square kilometers of land. The capital of Afghanistan is Kabul, which is the political center and home to its Executive head of state.

Mapping Afghanistan
We are on a mission to map Afghanistan as many people often associate it with war, terrorism, and Taliban. The map of Afghanistan will make you realize that it is just as beautiful with rivers, mountains, valleys, and plateaus.

Most of Afghanistan is encompassed by high snow-capped mountains while deep valleys traverse its terrain and the Helmand River which is the largest. While,Oxus or Amu River is the border river, formed by the union of the Pamir River and the Vakhsh river.

The highest peak in Afghanistan is the Noshaq mountain and the Hindu Kush is the highest mountain range. The southern and western parts of Afghanistan are covered by desert lands. Afghanistan’s main source of income is through agriculture. It grows fruits, vegetables, nuts and Poppy which is cultivated in numerous parts of the country, especially the Helmand river valley in the southern region.

A special part of the Afghan culture has been poetry and in the western city of Herat people listen to traditional Herati music, drink sweet tea and pastries all night on Thursdays. The citadel was built by Alexander the Great in 330BC.

If you are planning to visit Afghanistan, you will see the landlocked country has some of the most beautiful cities with a rich history and culture to share with the world like Bamyan, Ghazni, Band-e-Amir National Park, Blue mosque, the endangered cultural site Balkh (Mother of Cities), Kandahar (the heart of Afghanistan), and Kabul to name a few.Afghanistan today is an unlikely tourist destination and our maps will place this wonder back on the globe.