Urgun

Urgun is the main town of the of , . With an estimated population of 10,665, Urgun is the largest city of Paktika, while Urgun District, with a population of 89,718, is also the most populous district of the province.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Town
  • Description: town of the Urgun District of Paktika Province, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Arghun”, “Orgon”, “Orgun”, “Orgūn”, “Urgim”, “Urgin”, “Urgon”, “Urgum”, and “Urgūn”

Urgun

Latitude
32.94114° or 32° 56′ 28″ north
Longitude
69.18002° or 69° 10′ 48″ east
Elevation
2,208 metres (7,244 feet)
IATA airport code
URN
Open location code
8J4FW5RJ+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4410026621
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1131479
Wiki­data ID
Q21042279
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Urgun” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኡርጉን”
  • Arabic: “أرغون”
  • Asturian: “Urgun”
  • Azerbaijani: “Urgun”
  • Bengali: “উর্গুন”
  • Catalan: “Urgun”
  • Cebuano: “Urgūn”
  • Chinese: “乌尔贡”
  • Chinese: “烏爾古恩”
  • French: “Ourgoun”
  • French: “Urgun”
  • German: “Urgun”
  • Hausa: “Urgun”
  • Hindi: “उर्गुन”
  • Indonesian: “Urgun”
  • Japanese: “ウルグン”
  • Javanese: “Urgun”
  • Kazakh: “Ұрғұн”
  • Kirghiz: “Ургун”
  • Malay: “Urgun”
  • Oromo: “Urgun”
  • Panjabi: “ਉਰਗੁਨ”
  • Persian: “ارگون (افغانستان)”
  • Persian: “ارگون”
  • Persian: “اورگون‎‎”
  • Portuguese: “Urgun”
  • Pushto: “ورګون‎,”
  • Russian: “Ургун”
  • Somali: “Urgun”
  • Spanish: “Urgun”
  • Swahili: “Urgun”
  • Swedish: “Urgun”
  • Tajik: “Ургун”
  • Tatar: “Ургун”
  • Turkish: “Urgun”
  • Urdu: “ارگون، افغانستان”
  • Urdu: “اورگن”
  • Uzbek: “Urgun”

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