Shahr-e Now

Shahr-e Now is a locality in Kabul District, Afghanistan and has an elevation of 1,794 metres. Shahr-e Now is situated nearby to the locality Qal‘ah-ye Fatḩullāh, as well as near Shērpūr.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shar-i-Naw Park and Kabul City Centre.

Shar-i-Naw Park

Park

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 1.0.

The Shahr-e Naw Park, also known as Pārk-e Shahr-e Naw, is the largest public park in the affluent Shahr-e Naw neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan. It is one of several original open-space parks planned by Afghan kings during the 19th century.

Kabul City Centre

Shopping center

Photo: Jim Kelly, CC BY 2.0.

Kabul City Center is a shopping mall in Shahr-e Naw, Kabul, Afghanistan. Opened in 2005, it consists of 100 stores and a food court. It is equipped with see-through elevators and escalators and is notable for being the first building in Kabul to be equipped with functional escalators.

Arg

Government office

Photo: U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain.

The Arg is the presidential palace of Afghanistan, located in Kabul. Since the 2021 abolition of the Afghan presidency by the Taliban, it has served as the meeting place of the Cabinet of Afghanistan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kabul.

Kabul

Photo: SiarFisher, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. A crowded metropolis pressed into a basin of the Hindu Kush mountains, its bazaars, battle-scarred buildings and traffic-choked streets bear the traces of an ancient trading city, rapid urban expansion, periods of cosmopolitan ambition, and nearly half a century of war.

Shahr-e Now

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Šahre Naw”, “Shakhri-Nau”, and “شهر نو”
Location: Kabul District, Kabul, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude

34.53638° or 34° 32′ 11″ north

Longitude

69.1678° or 69° 10′ 4″ east

Elevation

1,794 metres (5,886 feet)

Open location code

8J6FG5P9+H4

GeoNames ID

1125870

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Notable Places Nearby

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