Walakan
Walakan is a village in Kandahar Province, in southern Afghanistan. It is situated 5 miles southwest of Kandahar, 1 mile west of Karezak. Walakan is said to have been one of four villages given to the original Parsiwan inhabitants.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 970 metres (3,200 feet)
- Description: human settlement in Afghanistan
- Also known as“Valakan”“Valakhan”“ولکان”
- Category: human settlement
- Location
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Latitude
31.55207° or 31° 33′ 8″ north
Longitude
65.63863° or 65° 38′ 19″ east
Open location code
8J37HJ2Q+RF
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Walakan” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Walakan”
- Irish: “Walakan”
- Persian: “والاکن”
- Urdu: “والاکان، افغانستان”
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