Editing Jalalabad (section)

== Demographics ==
{{Further|Demographics of Afghanistan}}
The city population is estimated to be 280,685 in year 2021.<ref name="nsia"/> It has six districts and a total land area of {{convert|12,796|hectare}}. The total number of dwellings in this city is 39,586.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|title=The State of Afghan Cities report 2015|url=http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015_volume2/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031111658/http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015_volume2/|archive-date=2015-10-31|access-date=2015-10-21|ref=UN-Habitat}}</ref>

Nearly all residents of Jalalabad are [[Muslim]], followers of [[Sunni Islam]]. Jalalabad is also a center of the country's [[Sikh]]s, although the community has dwindled in the city (and nationwide) since the wars began.<ref>{{Cite news|title='When Are You Going Back?' Afghanistan's Sikhs, Strangers In Their Own Land|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-sikh-minority/26539541.html|access-date=2020-12-03|website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|language=en|last1=Najibullah|first1=Farangis|archive-date=2020-12-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202224903/https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-sikh-minority/26539541.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kumar|first=Ruchi|title=The decline of Afghanistan's Hindu and Sikh communities|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2017/1/1/the-decline-of-afghanistans-hindu-and-sikh-communities|access-date=2020-12-03|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en|archive-date=2021-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304034538/https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2017/1/1/the-decline-of-afghanistans-hindu-and-sikh-communities|url-status=live}}</ref> Similarly it is also has a [[Hindu]] minority.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bearak|first=Barry|date=2001-05-23|title=Taliban Propose an Identity Label for the 'Protection' of Hindus (Published 2001)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/23/world/taliban-propose-an-identity-label-for-the-protection-of-hindus.html|access-date=2020-12-03|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2020-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122001447/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/23/world/taliban-propose-an-identity-label-for-the-protection-of-hindus.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Land use ===
Jalalabad is the regional hub in eastern Afghanistan, close to the border with Pakistan. Agriculture is the predominant land use at 44%, higher density of dwellings is found in Districts 1–5 and vacant plots are largely clustered in District 6. Districts 1–6 all have a grid network of roads.<ref name="auto1"/>