Kamdesh

Kāmdēsh, or Kamdeish, is a town in the Landai Sin Valley, and the center of the in , . It is located at the general area of Yurmir which is beside the meeting place of two rivers, with one coming from , and the second flowing from Nechangal mountains.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Town
  • Description: human settlement in Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “De Kāmdēsh”, “Kāmdēš”, “Kāmdēsh”, “Kāmdīsh”, and “کامدېش”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Combat Outpost Keating.

Battlefield
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
was a small American military outpost in Nurestan Province, in Afghanistan. It was originally constructed to be a Provincial Reconstruction Team, called PRT Kamdesh, but due to extremely high levels of fighting in the area it remained a fire base instead of a PRT.

Kamdesh

Latitude
35.40939° or 35° 24′ 34″ north
Longitude
71.33985° or 71° 20′ 24″ east
Elevation
1,949 metres (6,394 feet)
Open location code
8J7HC85Q+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5908516841
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1138389
Wiki­data ID
Q4810042
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Satellite Map

Discover Kamdesh from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Kamdesh” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Kamdish”
  • Chinese: “卡姆代什”
  • Chinese: “卡姆戴希”
  • Dutch: “Kamdesh”
  • Hindi: “कामदेश”
  • Irish: “Kamdesh”
  • Persian: “كامديش”
  • Persian: “کامدیش”
  • Portuguese: “Kamdish”
  • Russian: “Камдеш”
  • Spanish: “Kamdesh”
  • Urdu: “کامدیش، افغانستان”

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