Zaranj

Zaranj is a city in southwestern , serving as the capital of . It is within the jurisdiction of and has an estimated population of 72,272 people.
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  • Type: Town with 49,900 residents
  • Description: city in Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Zaranas”, “Zarang”, and “Zhazang”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zaranj Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
was an airport located in the city of Zaranj, , Afghanistan. It was replaced by the newly constructed Nimruz Airport, located 17 kilometres east of the city.

Zaranj

Latitude
30.95475° or 30° 57′ 17″ north
Longitude
61.85948° or 61° 51′ 34″ east
Population
49,900
Elevation
489 metres (1,604 feet)
IATA airport code
ZAJ
United Nations Location Code
AF ZAJ
Open location code
8J23XV35+WQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 312466967
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1120985
Wiki­data ID
Q475802
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Satellite Map

Discover Zaranj from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Zaranj” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ዛራንጅ”
  • Arabic: “زرنج”
  • Armenian: “Զարանջ”
  • Asturian: “Zaranj”
  • Azerbaijani: “Zərənc”
  • Basque: “Zaranj”
  • Belarusian: “Зарандж”
  • Bengali: “জারাঞ্জ”
  • Bengali: “জারান্জ”
  • Catalan: “Zarandj”
  • Catalan: “Zarang”
  • Catalan: “Zaranj”
  • Cebuano: “Zaranj (kapital sa lalawigan)”
  • Cebuano: “Zaranj”
  • Chinese: “扎兰季/扎蘭季”
  • Chinese: “扎兰季”
  • Chinese: “扎蘭季”
  • Czech: “Zarandž”
  • Danish: “Zaranj”
  • Dutch: “Zaranj”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “زرنج”
  • Esperanto: “Zaranĝ”
  • Esperanto: “Zaranĝo”
  • Estonian: “Zaranj”
  • Finnish: “Zaranj”
  • French: “Zarandj”
  • German: “Sarandsch”
  • Greek: “Ζαράνζ”
  • Greek: “Ζαράντζ”
  • Gujarati: “ઝારંજ”
  • Hausa: “Zaranj”
  • Hebrew: “זרנג‘”
  • Hindi: “ज़रंज”
  • Hungarian: “Zarandzs”
  • Indonesian: “Zaranj”
  • Italian: “Zaranj”
  • Japanese: “ザラーンジ”
  • Japanese: “ザランジ”
  • Japanese: “ザランジュ”
  • Javanese: “Zaranj”
  • Kannada: “ಝರನ್ಜ್”
  • Kazakh: “Заранг”
  • Kazakh: “Зарандж”
  • Kazakh: “Заранж”
  • Kirghiz: “Заранж”
  • Korean: “자란즈”
  • Korean: “자란지”
  • Latvian: “Zarandža”
  • Lithuanian: “Zarandžas”
  • Malay: “Zaranj”
  • Marathi: “झारंज”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sarandsch”
  • Northern Frisian: “Zaranj”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zaranj”
  • Norwegian: “Zaranj”
  • Oromo: “Zaranj”
  • Ossetian: “Зарандж”
  • Panjabi: “ਜ਼ਰਾਂਜ”
  • Persian: “زرنج”
  • Persian: “زرنگ”
  • Polish: “Zarandż”
  • Portuguese: “Zaranj”
  • Pushto: “زرنج”
  • Romanian: “Sarandsch”
  • Russian: “Зарандж”
  • Russian: “Зарани”
  • Serbian: “Заранџ”
  • Sinhala: “සරන්ජ්”
  • Slovenian: “Zarandž”
  • Somali: “Zaranj”
  • Spanish: “Zaranj”
  • Swahili: “Zaranj”
  • Swedish: “Zaranj”
  • Tajik: “Заранҷ”
  • Tamil: “சாரஞ்”
  • Tatar: “Заранж”
  • Telugu: “జరాన్ జ్”
  • Thai: “ซารันจ์”
  • Turkish: “Zerenc”
  • Ukrainian: “Зарандж”
  • Urdu: “زرنج”
  • Uzbek: “Zaranj”
  • Vietnamese: “Zaranj”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Zaranj”
  • Welsh: “Zaranj”
  • Western Panjabi: “زرنج”

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