Langar
Langar is a village in the Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province, in north-eastern Afghanistan. It lies on the river Panj, opposite the larger village of Toqakhona in Tajikistan.- Type: Village
- Description: village in Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Langar, Badakhshan”
Langar
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Wakhan District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
36.7466° or 36° 44′ 48″ northLongitude
71.94565° or 71° 56′ 44″ eastElevation
2,655 metres (8,711 feet)Open location code
8J8HPWWW+J7OpenStreetMap ID
node 5962669822OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Langar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لنگر”
- Dutch: “Langar, Badakhshan”
- German: “Langar”
- Low German: “Langar”
- Persian: “لنگر”
- Pushto: “لنګر”
- Russian: “Лангар”
- Urdu: “لنگر، بدخشاں”
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