Paktia Province

Paktia is one of the southeastern provinces of Afghanistan and is widely regarded as a region of major strategic, cultural, and tribal significance. It borders to the south, to the east, and to the west, and to the north, while also sharing a long international border with ’s and North Waziristan regions.
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  • Type: State with 623,000 residents
  • Description: province of Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “AF-PIA”, “Pakteya”, “Pakthia”, “Paktia”, “Paktīā”, “Paktia provints”, “Paktiya Province”, “Paktya Province”, “Province de Paktia”, “Provincia de Paktia”, “Provincia de Paktiya”, “Província de Paktiya”, “Provincia de Patkia”, “provinco Paktio”, “Velāyat-e Paktīā”, “Wilayat-e Paktiya”, “Вилояти Пактио”, “استان پکتیا”, “د پکتيا ولايت”, “ولايه بكتيا”, “पकटिया”, “पकतिया Province”, “पक़्तिया”, and “팍티아 주”
  • Neighbors:

Paktia Province

Latitude
33.7057° or 33° 42′ 21″ north
Longitude
69.4084° or 69° 24′ 30″ east
Population
623,000
Elevation
2,409 metres (7,904 feet)
Open location code
8J5FPC45+78
Open­Street­Map ID
node 312470045
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1131257
Wiki­data ID
Q182493
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Paktia Province” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ፓክቲያ”
  • Arabic: “ولاية بكتيا”
  • Asturian: “Paktia”
  • Azerbaijani: “Paktiya”
  • Azerbaijani: “Pəktiya vilayəti”
  • Azerbaijani: “Pəktiya”
  • Basque: “Paktia probintzia”
  • Belarusian: “Пактыя”
  • Bengali: “পাক্তিয়া প্রদেশ”
  • Bengali: “পাক্তিয়া”
  • Bulgarian: “Пактия”
  • Catalan: “província de Paktia”
  • Catalan: “Província de Paktia”
  • Cebuano: “Wilāyat-e Paktiyā”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای پەکتیا”
  • Chinese: “帕克蒂亚省/帕克蒂亞省”
  • Chinese: “帕克蒂亚省”
  • Chinese: “帕克蒂亞省”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Paktiya”
  • Czech: “Paktíja”
  • Danish: “Paktia”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Pektiya”
  • Dutch: “Paktia”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Paktia”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Paktia”
  • Estonian: “Paktīā provints”
  • Estonian: “Paktiyā provints”
  • Finnish: “Paktian maakunta”
  • French: “Paktiya”
  • French: “Paktiyâ”
  • Georgian: “ფაქთიის პროვინცია”
  • German: “Paktia”
  • German: “Provinz Paktia”
  • Greek: “Πακτιά”
  • Greek: “περιοχή Πακτιά”
  • Gujarati: “પક્ટિયા”
  • Hausa: “Paktia”
  • Hebrew: “פכתיא”
  • Hindi: “पकतिया प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “पक्तिया”
  • Indonesian: “Paktia”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Paktia”
  • Italian: “Paktia”
  • Japanese: “パクティヤー州”
  • Javanese: “Paktia”
  • Kannada: “ಪಖಿಯಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Пактиа”
  • Kazakh: “Пактия”
  • Kirghiz: “Пактия”
  • Korean: “팍티야 주”
  • Korean: “팍티야주”
  • Latvian: “Paktija”
  • Lithuanian: “Paktijos provincija”
  • Malay: “Paktia”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Paktia”
  • Malayalam: “പാക്തിയ പ്രവിശ്യ”
  • Marathi: “पक्तिया”
  • Mazanderani: “پکتیا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Paktia Séng”
  • Minangkabau: “Provinsi Paktia”
  • Mongolian: “Пактия аймаг”
  • Mongolian: “Пактия муж”
  • Northern Frisian: “Paktiaa”
  • Northern Luri: “آستون پکتیا”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Paktia”
  • Norwegian: “Paktia”
  • Oromo: “Paktia”
  • Ossetian: “Пакти”
  • Panjabi: “ਪਕਤੀਆ”
  • Panjabi: “ਪਾਕਤਿਆ”
  • Persian: “ولایت پکتیا”
  • Polish: “Paktija”
  • Portuguese: “Paktia”
  • Pushto: “پکتيا ولايت”
  • Romanian: “provincia Paktia”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Paktia”
  • Russian: “Пактия”
  • Scots: “Paktia Province”
  • Serbian: “Provincija Paktija”
  • Serbian: “Пактија”
  • Serbian: “Провинција Пактија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Paktijska pokrajina”
  • Sindhi: “پڪتیا صوبو”
  • Sinhala: “පකිටා”
  • Slovenian: “Paktija”
  • Somali: “Paktia”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پکتیا ویلایت”
  • Spanish: “Paktiyā”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Paktiyá”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Paktiyā”
  • Sundanese: “Propinsi Paktia”
  • Swahili: “Paktia”
  • Swedish: “Paktia”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Paktia”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Paktijo”
  • Tajik: “вилояти Пактиё”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Пактиё”
  • Tamil: “பக்தியா”
  • Tamil: “பாக்டியா மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Пактия”
  • Telugu: “పాక్టియా”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดปักเตีย”
  • Turkish: “Paktiya Vilayeti”
  • Turkish: “Paktiya”
  • Ukrainian: “Пактія”
  • Urdu: “پکتیا”
  • Urdu: “صوبہ پکتیا”
  • Uzbek: “Paktia viloyati”
  • Uzbek: “Paktiya viloyati”
  • Uzbek: “Paktiya”
  • Vietnamese: “Paktia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Paktia”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ پکتیا”
  • Wu Chinese: “帕克蒂亚省”
  • Yue Chinese: “帕提亞省”

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