Afghanistan's 1979 Population Map

Title

Afghanistan's 1979 Population Map

Subject

Population of Afghanistan

Description

This map represents the population of Afghanistan in 1979 through randomly-spaced dots, the density of which reflects the density of each of Afghanistan's province. Each dot represents 1,000 people.

Creator

Timothy Nunan

Source

1979 Population Figures: "Preliminary Results of the First Afghan Census," Central Statistics Office, State Planning Committee, Government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (January 1981), Annex I, np

Publisher

Central Statistics Office, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (defunct)

Date

1979

Rights

All rights reserved, Timothy Nunan

Format

Map

Language

English

Identifier

JPEG

Coverage

Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan

Files

1979pop_0.5-1000.jpg

Citation

Timothy Nunan, “Afghanistan's 1979 Population Map,” Shattering Afghanistan: State Destruction and Mass Murder in Central Asia, accessed April 28, 2024, https://shatteringafghanistan.omeka.net/items/show/2.