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Takhar

Takhar, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeast of the country next to . It is surrounded by in the east, in the south, and and in the west.
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  • Type: State with 1,110,000 residents
  • Description: province of Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Takhār”, “Takhar Province”, “Talugan”, “Talukan”, “Taluqan”, “Tekhar Province”, “Velāyat-e Takhār”, and “Wilayat-e Takhar”
  • Neighbors:

Takhar

Latitude
36.5941° or 36° 35′ 39″ north
Longitude
69.7939° or 69° 47′ 38″ east
Population
1,110,000
Elevation
1,540 metres (5,052 feet)
Open location code
8J8FHQVV+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 312470050
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1123230
Wiki­data ID
Q186395
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Takhar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ولاية تخار”
  • Arabic: “ولايه تخار”
  • Armenian: “Տախար”
  • Azerbaijani: “Təxar vilayəti”
  • Azerbaijani: “Təxar”
  • Basque: “Takhar probintzia”
  • Belarusian: “Правінцыя Тахар”
  • Belarusian: “Тахар”
  • Bengali: “তখর প্রদেশ”
  • Bengali: “তাখার প্রদেশ”
  • Bulgarian: “Тахар”
  • Catalan: “Província de Takhar”
  • Cebuano: “Wilāyat-e Takhār”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای تەخار”
  • Chinese: “Takhar Séng”
  • Chinese: “塔哈尔省/塔哈爾省”
  • Chinese: “塔哈尔省”
  • Chinese: “塔哈爾省”
  • Chinese: “塔哈省”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Tahar”
  • Czech: “Tachár”
  • Danish: “Takhar”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Texar”
  • Dutch: “Tachar”
  • Dutch: “Takhar”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Taĥar”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Taĥar”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Taĥaro”
  • Esperanto: “Taĥaro”
  • Estonian: “Takhari provints”
  • Estonian: “Takhāri provints”
  • Finnish: “Takharin maakunta”
  • French: “Takhar”
  • French: “Takhâr”
  • Georgian: “თახარის პროვინცია”
  • German: “AF-TAK”
  • German: “Tachar”
  • German: “Takhar”
  • German: “Wilaya Tachar”
  • Greek: “Ταχάρ”
  • Gujarati: “તખાર”
  • Hausa: “Takhar”
  • Hebrew: “תח’אר”
  • Hindi: “तक़ार”
  • Hindi: “तख़ार प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “तख़ार प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “तख़ार”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Takhar”
  • Indonesian: “Takhar”
  • Italian: “Takhar”
  • Japanese: “タハール州”
  • Kannada: “ತಖರ್”
  • Kazakh: “Тахар”
  • Korean: “타하르 주”
  • Korean: “타하르주”
  • Latvian: “Tahāra”
  • Lithuanian: “Tacharo provincija”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Takhar”
  • Marathi: “तखार”
  • Mazanderani: “تخار”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Takhar Séng”
  • Minangkabau: “Provinsi Takhar”
  • Mongolian: “Тахар аймаг”
  • Mongolian: “Тахар муж”
  • Newari: “तखार प्रान्त, अफगानिस्तान”
  • Newari: “तखार प्रान्त”
  • Northern Luri: “آستون تخار”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Takhar”
  • Norwegian: “Takhar”
  • Ossetian: “Тахар”
  • Panjabi: “ਤਖਾਰ ਸੂਬਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਤਖ਼ਾਰ ਸੂਬਾ”
  • Persian: “استان تخار”
  • Persian: “د تخار ولايت”
  • Persian: “ولایت تخار”
  • Polish: “Tachar”
  • Polish: “Wilajet Takhar”
  • Portuguese: “Takhar”
  • Pushto: “تخار ولايت”
  • Pushto: “د تخار ولايت”
  • Romanian: “provincia Takhar”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Takhar”
  • Russian: “Тахар”
  • Scots: “Takhar Province”
  • Serbian: “Provincija Takar”
  • Serbian: “Провинција Такар”
  • Serbian: “Тахар”
  • Sindhi: “تخار صوبو”
  • Sinhala: “ටක්හාර්”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تخار ویلایت”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Tahar”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Tahār”
  • Spanish: “Tahār”
  • Sundanese: “Propinsi Takhar”
  • Sundanese: “Takhar”
  • Swedish: “Takhar”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Takhar”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Taxor”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Тахор”
  • Tamil: “டகார்”
  • Tamil: “தகார் மாகாணம்”
  • Telugu: “టఖర్”
  • Thai: “ทัคฮาร์”
  • Turkish: “Tahar Vilayeti”
  • Turkish: “Tahar”
  • Uighur: “تاخار ۋىلايىتى”
  • Ukrainian: “Тахар”
  • Urdu: “صوبہ تخار”
  • Uzbek: “Taxor viloyati, Afg’oniston”
  • Uzbek: “Taxor viloyati”
  • Vietnamese: “Takhar”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Takhar”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ تخار”
  • Wu Chinese: “塔哈尔省”
  • Yue Chinese: “塔哈省”

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