Governorates of Gandhara

Gandhara is divided for administrative purposes into 30 governorates (Arabic: محافظة muḥāfaẓah; pl. محافظات muḥāfaẓāt). Gandhari governorates are the top tier of the country's four-tier jurisdiction hierarchy. The governorates are subdivided into districts. A governorate is administered by a governor, who is appointed by the President of Gandhara and serves at the president's discretion.

List of the Gandhari governorates

Governorates of Gandhara.

Map ref.	Name	Capital	Area (km²)	Population1
1	Abyad	Hayyan	22,493	439,521
2	Adnan	Palmyra	5,375	313,028
3	Badawi	Salabat	3,793	382,375
4	Balochistan	Khushk	68,709	2,234,528
5	Bayazidi	Suran	26,820	322,126
6	Bazegha	Kazmi	33,120	5,824,575
7	Caesarea	Jazari	27,676	402,652
8	Dabbagh	Wada	10,293	101,554
9	Dimashqi	Sirajuddin	21,448	409,018
10	Dinawar	Seriyas	27,961	212,456
11	Farabi	Maslamah	20,223	2,921,431
12	Haydar	Rahman	40,436	488,637
13	Kashani	Thahabi	10,896	328,330
14	Khani	Erdelan	38,057	311,274
15	Khuzaymah	Shatir	15,380	398,263
16	Kirmani	Khaldun	32,328	328,268
17	Maajid	Abia	7,437	563,711
18	Malekian	Sameera	28,518	643,821
19	Mawardi	Behremend	23,937	489,225
20	Miskawayh	Hanafi	9,052	389,104
21	Morteza	Hayat	20,884	629,343
22	Nasr	Manas	4,874	6,423,115
23	Qumi	Tabatabaei	19,484	106,467
24	Sabbah	Enayatullah	17,541	617,529
25	Sadarak	Arslan	31,740	412,313
26	Sadat	Rhea	31,335	4,958,144
27	Sijistan	Zafar	25,438	451,965
28	Tayran	Araz	21,776	272,104
29	Umayyah	Quraysh	13,676	437,343
30	Wakra	Saif al-Din	13,763	413,622
Total			674,463	32,225,842

¹ As of 1 January 2015.