Parun
Parun or Paroon, historically called Prasun and Prasungul, is a town in eastern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Nuristan Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Parun District and has an estimated population of 11,563 people.- Type: Town with 1,000 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Poruns”, “Puruns”, and “پرنس”
Parun
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Parun District, Nuristan, Northeast Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.42064° or 35° 25′ 14″ northLongitude
70.92261° or 70° 55′ 21″ eastPopulation
1,000Elevation
2,756 metres (9,042 feet)Open location code
8J7GCWCF+72OpenStreetMap ID
node 4418479121OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1130469Wikidata ID
Q1023669
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Parun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بارون”
- Asturian: “Parun”
- Belarusian: “Парун”
- Bulgarian: “Парун”
- Catalan: “Parun”
- Cebuano: “Pārūn”
- Chinese: “塔林科特市-帕尔伦”
- Chinese: “塔林科特市-帕爾倫”
- Chinese: “帕伦/帕倫”
- Chinese: “帕伦”
- Chinese: “帕倫 (阿富汗)”
- Czech: “Párún”
- Dutch: “Parun”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بارون”
- Esperanto: “Parun”
- Esperanto: “Paruno”
- French: “Parun”
- German: “Parun”
- Greek: “Παρούν”
- Hebrew: “פארון”
- Hindi: “पारुन”
- Hindi: “पारून”
- Irish: “Parun”
- Italian: “Paroon”
- Italian: “Parun”
- Italian: “Pârûn”
- Italian: “Prasun”
- Italian: “Prasûn”
- Italian: “Prasungul”
- Japanese: “パールーン”
- Japanese: “パルーン”
- Korean: “파룬”
- Northern Frisian: “Paruun”
- Persian: “پارون”
- Polish: “Parun”
- Portuguese: “Parun”
- Pushto: “پارون”
- Russian: “Парун”
- Slovenian: “Parun”
- Spanish: “Parun”
- Swedish: “Parun”
- Turkish: “Parun”
- Ukrainian: “Парун”
- Waray (Philippines): “Parun”
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