Karukh

Karukh is a town and the center of , , . The population is more than 18,800 people. The town is located at 1320 m altitude, 50 km northeast of .Karukh's busy bazaar is continuously mentioned in travelogues down through the centuries.
Wikipedia
  • Town with 18,800 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,340 metres (4,396 feet)
  • Description: human settlement in Afghanistan
  • Also known as
    “Karokh”
    “Karrukh”

Karukh

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Latitude
34.49135° or 34° 29′ 29″ north
Longitude
62.59186° or 62° 35′ 31″ east
Open location code
8J64FHRR+GP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 313315461
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1137807
Wiki­data ID
Q6373621

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Karukh” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ካሩክ”
  • Arabic: “كاروخ”
  • Arabic: “كرخ”
  • Asturian: “Karuh”
  • Asturian: “Karukh”
  • Azerbaijani: “Karukh”
  • Bengali: “কারুখ”
  • Catalan: “Karukh”
  • Cebuano: “Karukh”
  • Dutch: “Karukh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كرخ”
  • Finnish: “Karukh”
  • French: “Karukh”
  • German: “Karukh”
  • Hausa: “Karukh”
  • Hindi: “करुख”
  • Indonesian: “Karukh”
  • Irish: “Karukh”
  • Japanese: “カルフ”
  • Javanese: “Karukh”
  • Kazakh: “Қарух”
  • Kirghiz: “Карух”
  • Malay: “Karukh”
  • Oromo: “Karukh”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਾਰੁਖ”
  • Persian: “کاروخ”
  • Persian: “کرخ (هرات)”
  • Persian: “کرخ”
  • Portuguese: “Karukh”
  • Pushto: “کاروخ”
  • Russian: “Карух”
  • Somali: “Karukh”
  • Spanish: “Karuh”
  • Spanish: “Karukh”
  • Swahili: “Karukh”
  • Swedish: “Karukh”
  • Tajik: “Карух”
  • Tatar: “Карух”
  • Turkish: “Karukh”
  • Urdu: “کاروخ”
  • Urdu: “کروخ، افغانستان”
  • Uzbek: “Karukh tumani”
  • Uzbek: “Karukh”

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