What do you know about Afghanistan? Get the facts.

Official name: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Size: 251,827 square miles; slightly smaller than Texas

Population: 29,835,392 as of 2011

Capital: Kabul

Official languages: Dari and Pashto

Climate: Dry to semidry; very cold winters and extremely hot summers

Currency: Afghani

Products: Fruits, nuts, wheat, honey, carpets, wool