This polygon dataset shows 34 first-level administrative boundaries, or provinces, of Afghanistan. These data were mapped at a 1:100,000 scale. This layer is part of the Topographic Maps of Afghanistan and Kabul dataset which contains shapefiles relating to district and provincial boundaries, land use, transportation, buildings and structures, rivers, settlements and other specific city data. This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. Afghanistan Information Mangement Service. (2004) Provincial Boundaries: Afghanistan, 2004-2005. Afghanistan Information Mangement Service. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/yy987zm0010
