Sharana
Sharan, also known as Sharana, is a city in eastern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Paktika Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Sharan District and has an estimated population of 70,775 people.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Town with 2,200 residents
- Description: city in Paktika Province, Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Kharana”, “Sharan”, “Sharnah”, “Sherana”, “Sheranna”, “Zara Šaran”, “Zara-Sharan”, “Zarah Sharan”, and “زړه شرن”
Sharana
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Sharana District, Paktika, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.17138° or 33° 10′ 17″ northLongitude
68.78521° or 68° 47′ 7″ eastPopulation
2,200Elevation
2,154 metres (7,067 feet)Open location code
8J5C5QCP+H3OpenStreetMap ID
node 313472635OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1120879Wikidata ID
Q2615863
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Sharana” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شرنه”
- Asturian: “Sharana”
- Belarusian: “Шаран”
- Catalan: “Sharan”
- Cebuano: “Zaṟah Sharan”
- Chinese: “沙兰/沙蘭”
- Chinese: “沙兰”
- Czech: “Šaran”
- Czech: “Šarana”
- Dutch: “Sjaran”
- Esperanto: “Ŝaran”
- Esperanto: “Ŝarano”
- Estonian: “Zareh Sharan”
- French: “Charan”
- French: “Sharana”
- German: “Scharan”
- German: “Scharana”
- German: “Sharan”
- Greek: “Σαράν”
- Hebrew: “שרנה”
- Hindi: “शरना, अफ़्ग़ानिस्तान”
- Hindi: “शरना”
- Japanese: “シャラナ”
- Korean: “샤란”
- Northern Frisian: “Scharaan”
- Northern Frisian: “Scharaana”
- Persian: “شرن”
- Persian: “شرنه”
- Polish: “Szaran”
- Portuguese: “Zareh Sharan”
- Pushto: “شرن”
- Pushto: “ښرنه”
- Russian: “Шаран”
- Russian: “Шарана”
- Spanish: “Sharan”
- Swedish: “Sharan”
- Swedish: “Sharana”
- Turkish: “Şaran”
- Ukrainian: “Шаран”
- Urdu: “شرنہ”
- Waray (Philippines): “Sharan, Afganistan”
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