Afghanistan Urban Land Area

Afghanistan Urban Land Area data was reported at 3,993.836 sq km in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,280.089 sq km for 2000. Afghanistan Urban Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 2,280.089 sq km from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2015, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,993.836 sq km in 2015 and a record low of 1,309.672 sq km in 1990. Afghanistan Urban Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Urban land area in square kilometers, based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.;Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.;Sum;

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