Qarqin

Qarqin is a town located in the northern part of , , at at 249 m altitude on the southern bank of the Amu Darya River, near the border of .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 15,000 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Karkin Bazar”, “Qarkin”, and “Quarkin”

Qarqin

Latitude
37.41392° or 37° 24′ 50″ north
Longitude
66.03334° or 66° 2′ east
Population
15,000
Elevation
263 metres (863 feet)
Open location code
8J98C27M+H8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4393858410
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1129516
Wiki­data ID
Q5199398
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Qarqin” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ቃርቅን”
  • Arabic: “قرقین”
  • Asturian: “Qarqin”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qarqın”
  • Bengali: “কারকিন”
  • Cebuano: “Qarqīn (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Qarqīn”
  • Dutch: “Qarqin”
  • French: “Qarqin”
  • German: “Qarqin”
  • Hausa: “Qarqin”
  • Hindi: “कारकिन”
  • Indonesian: “Qarqin”
  • Irish: “Qarqin”
  • Japanese: “カルキン”
  • Javanese: “Qarqin”
  • Kazakh: “Қарқын”
  • Kirghiz: “Карқын”
  • Malay: “Qarqin”
  • Oromo: “Qarqin”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਾਰਕਿਨ”
  • Persian: “قرقین”
  • Portuguese: “Qarqin”
  • Pushto: “قرقین”
  • Russian: “Каркин”
  • Russian: “Кханика”
  • Somali: “Qarqin”
  • Spanish: “Qarqin”
  • Spanish: “Qarqīn”
  • Swahili: “Qarqin”
  • Swedish: “Qarqin”
  • Tajik: “Қарқин”
  • Tatar: “Каркин”
  • Turkish: “Karkin”
  • Urdu: “قرقین”
  • Uzbek: “Qarqin tumani”
  • Uzbek: “Qarqin”

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