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=== Climate  ===
 
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Arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers
  
 
Mean temperature (°C min/max): 4.3/19.6 <ref name="UN Data">UN Data (2008): http://data.un.org/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Afghanistan</ref>  
 
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<ref name="UN Data">UN Data (2008): http://data.un.org/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Afghanistan</ref>  
 
<ref name="UN Data">UN Data (2008): http://data.un.org/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Afghanistan</ref>  
  
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=== Forest Situation ===
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Land area covered by forest: 1.3%<br>Forest annual rate of change: 0%<br>
  
 
== Socioeconomical Situation  ==
 
== Socioeconomical Situation  ==

Revision as of 14:06, 2 November 2011

Overview

Afghanistan
 
File:Flag of Afghanistan.svg

  
File:Afghanistan (orthographic projection).svg

Capital

  Kabul (34° 32′ 0″ N, 69° 10′ 0″ E)

Official language(s)

  Dari (Persian) and Pashto

Government

  Islamic republic

President

  Hamid Karzai

Prime Minister

 

Total area

  647,500 km2

Population

  28,395,716 (2010 estimate)

Rural-Population

  23 million (77%)

Urban-Population

  6.8 million (23%)

Population Density

  43 Persons per km²

Average Household Size

  11.4

GDP (nominal)

  $15.608 billion

GDP per Capita

  $517

Currency

  Afghani (AFN)

Time Zone

  CET (UTC+04:30)

Calling Code

  +93

Environmental Situation

Climate

Arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers

Mean temperature (°C min/max): 4.3/19.6 [1]

Resources

[1]

Forest Situation

Land area covered by forest: 1.3%
Forest annual rate of change: 0%

Socioeconomical Situation

Income Sources

Energy Situation

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Energy Supply

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Electricity

Sources

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Stability

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Energy Consumption

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National Level

Electricity

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Share of Fuel Types

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Share of Solid Fuels

 

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Access Rate

Electrification Rate

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Renewable Energies

Application

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Potentials

Solar Energy

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Wind Energy

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Biomass

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Biogas

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Hydro Power

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Other renewable Sources

 

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Key problems of the energy sector

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Policy framework, laws and regulations

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General Energy policy, Energy strategy

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Specific strategies (Biomass, renewable energies, rural electrification, energy access strategy etc.)

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Institutional set up in the energy sector

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References

 

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 UN Data (2008): http://data.un.org/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Afghanistan
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