Ghorak
Ghorak is a village in the center of the Ghorak District in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Ghorak has an elevation of 1,160 metres.- Type: Town
- Description: human settlement in Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Ghōrak”, “Ghōṟak”, “Ghowrak”, “Gorak”, and “Popalzai”
Ghorak
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Ghorak District, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
32.03249° or 32° 1′ 57″ north
Longitude
65.13584° or 65° 8′ 9″ east
Elevation
1,160 metres (3,806 feet)
Open location code
8J4724JP+X8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Uzbek—“Ghorak” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Ghorak”
- French: “Ghorak”
- Irish: “Ghorak”
- Persian: “غورک (قندهار)”
- Persian: “غورک”
- Pushto: “غورک (سیمه)”
- Pushto: “غورک”
- Russian: “Гурк”
- Urdu: “غورک، افغانستان”
- Uzbek: “Ghorak”
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