Lōy Bālā Karz

Lōy Bālā Karz is a locality in Kandahar District, Afghanistan and has an elevation of 997 metres. Lōy Bālā Karz is situated nearby to the suburb 3rd District, as well as near the locality Hāji Rāzmohammed Kalāča.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cloak of Muhammad and Mosque of the Hair of the Prophet.

Cloak of Muhammad

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Cloak of Muhammad is an Islamic relic hidden inside one of the buildings in Khirka Sharif in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The relic is a khirqa believed to have been worn by the Islamic prophet Muhammad during the Night Journey in 621 AD. Cloak of Muhammad is situated 3½ km northwest of Lōy Bālā Karz.

Mosque of the Hair of the Prophet

Mosque

The Mosque of the Hair of the Prophet, also known as Jame Mui Mobarak, is a mosque located near the Kabul Bazaar, in the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Mosque of the Hair of the Prophet is situated 2½ km northwest of Lōy Bālā Karz.

Kandahar Provincial Museum

Museum

The Kandahar Museum is a museum located in Kandahar, Afghanistan. It has around 1,900 artifacts. Kandahar Provincial Museum is situated 3 km northwest of Lōy Bālā Karz.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kandahar and Arghandab.

Kandahar

Photo: Wikimedia, OGL.

Kandahar is the capital of Kandahar province, and the largest city in Southern Afghanistan. Kandahar is also the second largest city in Afghanistan after the capital Kabul, and was the first capital of the modern state of Afghanistan in the 18th century.

Arghandab

Town

Photo: PRTkand, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The town of Arghandab is the center of Arghandab District in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, in the valley of Arghandab River northwest from Kandahar. It is located on at an elevation of 1,112 metres. Arghandab is situated 10 km northwest of Lōy Bālā Karz.

Lōy Bālā Karz

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Lowy Bālā Karz”, “Loy Bala Karz”, “Lōy Bālā Kaṟz”, “Loy-Bala-Karz”, “Lūy Bālā Karz”, and “لوی بالا کرز”
Location: Kandahar District, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude

31.60209° or 31° 36′ 8″ north

Longitude

65.73564° or 65° 44′ 8″ east

Elevation

997 metres (3,271 feet)

Open location code

8J37JP2P+R7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6766648229

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

1134541

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In Other Languages

“Lōy Bālā Karz” goes by many names.

Persian: “كرزٔ بالای كلان”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as 3rd District and Hāji Rāzmohammed Kalāča.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include د احمد ولي کرزي څلورلارې and د ملا نقيب چوک.

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