Skip to content

NXS-GRX-AFG · Southern Asia · Regions

Paktika

First-level unit, Afghanistan: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Page GRX-AFG-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO AFG / AFStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
678,121
people (GHSL 2025)
19,772 km²
area
1.5%
of Afghanistan
19
units inside

01Ramani

Inside Paktika

The 19 ADM2 units of Paktika.

FIG 1 · 19 units inside Paktika
Inapakia ramani

Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Choose a humanitarian figure from the list to colour and raise the units by it; each figure shows its source on the unit page. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

Watu · GHSL 2025

678,121

1.5% of Afghanistan.

Watu · WorldPop 2025

1,234,423

+82% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

19,772 km²

34 people per km².

Code

AF-PKA

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

03Humanitarian data

Paktika in humanitarian data

Source observations from the Humanitarian Data Exchange, matched to this unit by name, each with its reference date, provider and licence. They are not index values.

Poverty headcount · 2023-12-31

65.7%

of people in multidimensional poverty. Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative · Public Domain / No restrictions (CC0).

Rainfall · 2026-10-10

105%

of the long-term average, latest dekad. WFP – World Food Programme · Creative Commons Attribution International (CC BY).

04Units

19 units inside Paktika

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: Public Domain

Unit Code People (GHSL) People (WorldPop) Area km² Per km² Share Coast ≤ 10 m
Barmal – 58,162 175,262 1,286.74 45 8.6% 0
Dila – 29,550 48,730 1,526.39 19 4.4% 0
Gayan – 55,204 33,668 236.5 233 8.2% 0
Gomal – 13,097 74,931 4,083.19 3 1.9% 0
Jani Khel – 48,069 56,457 963.34 50 7.1% 0
Mata Khan – 37,311 53,283 407.41 92 5.5% 0
Nika – 17,460 8,257 130.11 134 2.6% 0
Omna – 19,090 4,679 463.77 41 2.8% 0
Sar Hawza – 36,319 37,391 698.11 52 5.4% 0
Sarobi – 19,918 87,285 309.25 64 3% 0
Sharan – 78,635 163,380 537.95 146 11.7% 0
Turwo – 5,248 14,835 1,425.08 4 0.8% 0
Urgun – 86,672 195,310 489.94 177 12.8% 0
Waza Khwa – 35,944 57,339 1,770.39 20 5.3% 0
Wor Mayi – 5,689 33,031 3,206.24 2 0.8% 0
Yahya Khel – 13,558 28,532 335.6 40 2% 0
Yosuf Khel – 35,380 47,982 525.79 67 5.2% 0
Zarghun Shahr – 46,869 74,250 478.63 98 6.9% 0
Ziruk – 32,538 18,651 220.72 147 4.8% 0
05Mfiduo

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
None at this resolution
Bandari
None at this resolution
Viwanja vya ndege
None at this resolution
Major roads
130.9 H3 cells
Reli
None at this resolution
Rivers and lakes
None at this resolution
06Hatari

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Paktika publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Afghanistan.
07Neighbours

Neighbouring units

08Vyanzo

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen AFG ADM1, source: Wikimedia, geoBoundaries, licence: Public Domain · source · represents 2007
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen AFG ADM2, source: Afghanistan Information Management Services, Esri Disaster Response Program, licence: Public Domain · source · represents 2014
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Nchi
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.