Karz
Karz is a village in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, near the city of Kandahar. The Afghan former president, Hamid Karzai, is from Karz. His father is buried there. On July 29, 2014, his cousin, Hashmat Karzai, was killed by a suicide bomber there.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 990 metres (3,250 feet)
- Description: human settlement in Afghanistan
- Also known as“Kars”“Karz, Kandahar”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kandahar.
Kandahar
Kandahar is the capital of Kandahar province, and the largest city in Southern Afghanistan.
Karz
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Latitude
31.57178° or 31° 34′ 18″ north
Longitude
65.72946° or 65° 43′ 46″ east
Open location code
8J37HPCH+PQ
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Urdu—“Karz” goes by many names.
ԿարզArmenian
KarzCatalan
KarzDutch
KarzIrish
KarzNorwegian Bokmål
KarzNorwegian Nynorsk
کرزPersian
کرز، قندهارPersian
کرزPushto
КарзRussian
کارز، قندھارUrdu
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