Qala-i-Panjah
Qala-i-Panjah, also written Qila-e Panjeh and Qala Panja, is a village in the Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province in northeastern Afghanistan. It lies on the Panj River, near the confluence of the Wakhan River and the Pamir River.
- Type: Locality with 640 residents
- Description: human settlement in Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Kala Panja”, “Kala-i-Pyandzh”, “Kala-i-pyanj”, “Kaleie-Pendzh”, “Kila Panja”, “Qal‘ah-ye Panjah”, “Qal’ah-ye Panjah”, “Qal‘eh-ye Panjeh”, “Qal`eh-ye Panjeh”, “Qala Panja”, “قَلعِه پَنج”, and “قَلعِه پنجه”
Qala-i-Panjah
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Wakhan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
37.0007° or 37° 0′ 3″ north
Longitude
72.58075° or 72° 34′ 51″ east
Population
640
Elevation
2,792 metres (9,160 feet)
Open location code
8J9J2H2J+77
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Qala-i-Panjah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة البنجة”
- Asturian: “Qal’eh-ye Panjeh”
- Dutch: “Qal`eh-ye Panjeh”
- French: “Qala-i-Panjah”
- German: “Qala Panja”
- Persian: “قلعهپنجه”
- Russian: “Калайи-Пяндж”
- Spanish: “Qal’eh ye Panjeh”
- Spanish: “Qal’eh-ye Panjeh”
- Spanish: “Qala Panja”
- Swiss German: “Qala Panja”
- Tajik: “Қалъаи Панҷ”
- Tosk Albanian: “Qala Panja”
- Urdu: “قلعہ پنجہ”
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