Khost

Khost is a city in eastern , serving as the capital of . The city is within the jurisdiction of Khost District and has an estimated population of 170,615 people.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: City with 12,000 residents
  • Description: city in Khost Province, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Ĥosto”, “Matun”, “Matūn”, “Матун”, “متون”, “ケースト”, and “ホースト市”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Khost Great Mosque and Khost.

Mosque
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The Great Mosque of Khost, or simply the Khost Mosque…

Aerodrome
International Airport, also referred to as …

Khost

Latitude
33.3391° or 33° 20′ 21″ north
Longitude
69.9206° or 69° 55′ 14″ east
Population
12,000
Elevation
1,183 metres (3,881 feet)
IATA airport code
KHT
UN/LOCODE
AF KHT and AF KWT
Open location code
8J5F8WQC+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 312593138
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1136469
Wiki­data ID
Q386682
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Khost” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ክሆስት”
  • Arabic: “خوست”
  • Armenian: “Խոստ”
  • Asturian: “Khost”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xost (şəhər)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xost”
  • Basque: “Khost”
  • Belarusian: “Хост”
  • Bengali: “খোস্ট”
  • Bengali: “খোস্ত”
  • Catalan: “Khost”
  • Cebuano: “Khōst (kapital sa lalawigan)”
  • Cebuano: “Khōst”
  • Chinese: “霍斯特”
  • Czech: “Chóst”
  • Danish: “Khost”
  • Dutch: “Chost”
  • Dutch: “Khost”
  • Esperanto: “Ĥost”
  • Estonian: “Khōst”
  • Estonian: “Khowst”
  • Finnish: “Khost”
  • Finnish: “Khust”
  • French: “Khost”
  • Georgian: “ხოსტი”
  • German: “Chost”
  • German: “Khost”
  • Greek: “Χοστ”
  • Gujarati: “ખોસ્ટ”
  • Hausa: “Khōst, Afghanistan”
  • Hausa: “Khost”
  • Hebrew: “ח’וסת (אפגניסטן)”
  • Hebrew: “ח’וסת”
  • Hindi: “खोस्ट”
  • Hindi: “खोस्त”
  • Hindi: “ख़ोस्त”
  • Indonesian: “Khost”
  • Irish: “Khost”
  • Italian: “Khowst”
  • Japanese: “ホースト (アフガニスタン)”
  • Japanese: “ホースト”
  • Japanese: “ホスト”
  • Javanese: “Khost”
  • Kannada: “ಖೋಸ್ಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Хост”
  • Kirghiz: “Хост”
  • Korean: “호스트”
  • Latvian: “Hosta”
  • Lithuanian: “Chostas”
  • Malay: “Khost”
  • Marathi: “खोस्ट”
  • Northern Frisian: “Chowst”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khost”
  • Norwegian: “Khost”
  • Oromo: “Khost”
  • Panjabi: “ਖੋਸਟ”
  • Panjabi: “ਖੋਸਤ”
  • Persian: “خوست”
  • Polish: “Chost”
  • Portuguese: “Khost”
  • Pushto: “خوست”
  • Russian: “Хост”
  • Sinhala: “ක්හෝස්ට්”
  • Somali: “Khost”
  • Spanish: “Jost”
  • Spanish: “Khost”
  • Swahili: “Khost”
  • Swedish: “Khost”
  • Tajik: “Хост”
  • Tamil: “கோஸ்ட்”
  • Tatar: “Хост”
  • Telugu: “ఖోస్ట్”
  • Thai: “โฆสต์”
  • Turkish: “Host”
  • Turkish: “Houst”
  • Ukrainian: “Хост”
  • Urdu: “خوست”
  • Uzbek: “Xost”
  • Venetian: “Khowst”
  • Vietnamese: “Khost”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Khost”
  • Western Panjabi: “خوست”

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