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Aybak

Aybak

Aybak or Aibak, known in ancient times as Eukratidia, is a city in northern , serving as the capital of . It is within the jurisdiction of Aybak District and has an estimated population of 130,409 people.
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  • Type: City with 47,800 residents
  • Description: town in Samangan Province, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Aibak”, “Aībak”, “Āybak”, “Aybak, Samangan”, “Eukratidia, Aybak, Aibak”, “Eybak”, “Haibak”, “Samagan”, and “Samangan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Takht-e Rostam.

Photo: Michal Hvorecky, CC BY 2.0.
or Stupa of is a Buddhist monastery complex 2 km south of the town of Haibak, Afghanistan. Built in the 3rd-4th century AD while the area was part of the Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom the complex is carved entirely from the bedrock and "consists of five chambers, two of them sanctuaries.

Aybak

Latitude
36.26749° or 36° 16′ 3″ north
Longitude
68.02154° or 68° 1′ 18″ east
Population
47,800
Elevation
969 metres (3,179 feet)
Open location code
8J8C728C+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 312781018
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1127768
Wiki­data ID
Q1020649
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Aybak” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سمنكان”
  • Asturian: “Aybak”
  • Belarusian: “Саманган”
  • Bengali: “সমাঙ্গন”
  • Catalan: “Samangan”
  • Chinese: “艾巴克”
  • Chinese: “萨曼甘”
  • Chinese: “薩曼甘”
  • Czech: “Samangán”
  • Danish: “Aybak”
  • Dutch: “Aybak”
  • Esperanto: “Ajbak”
  • Estonian: “Aybak”
  • Estonian: “Heibak”
  • Estonian: “Samangan”
  • Estonian: “Samangān”
  • Finnish: “Aibak”
  • Finnish: “Aybak”
  • Finnish: “Eukratidia”
  • Finnish: “Samangan”
  • French: “Aybak”
  • German: “Aybak”
  • German: “Samangan”
  • Greek: “Σαμανγκάν”
  • Gujarati: “સમાંગણ”
  • Hausa: “Aybak, Samangan”
  • Hausa: “Aybak”
  • Hebrew: “אייבאכ”
  • Hindi: “समंगान”
  • Hindi: “समांगन”
  • Indonesian: “Samangan”
  • Italian: “Aybak”
  • Japanese: “アイ－バク”
  • Japanese: “サマンガーン”
  • Kannada: “ಸಮಂಗನ್”
  • Korean: “사마간”
  • Korean: “사망간”
  • Korean: “아이바크”
  • Latvian: “Samangāna”
  • Lithuanian: “Samanganas”
  • Malay: “Samangan”
  • Marathi: “समांगण”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Samangan”
  • Norwegian: “Aybak”
  • Persian: “آیبک”
  • Persian: “ایبک”
  • Polish: “Aibak”
  • Polish: “Ajbak”
  • Portuguese: “Samangan”
  • Pushto: “ایبک، سمنګان”
  • Romanian: “Aybak”
  • Russian: “Айбак”
  • Russian: “Саманган”
  • Sinhala: “සමන්ගන්”
  • Slovenian: “Ajbak, Samangan”
  • Spanish: “Samangan”
  • Swedish: “Aybak”
  • Tamil: “சமங்கன்”
  • Tatar: “Айбәк”
  • Telugu: “సమన్ గాన్”
  • Thai: “ซามาร์คันด์”
  • Turkish: “Aybek, Afganistan”
  • Turkish: “Aybek”
  • Ukrainian: “Айбак”
  • Ukrainian: “Саманган”
  • Urdu: “سامانگان”
  • Urdu: “سمنگان”
  • Vietnamese: “Samangan”

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