Ghowr

Ghōr also known as Ghowr or Ghur, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It is located in the western in central , towards the northwest.
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  • Type: province of Afghanistan with 778,000 residents
  • Description: province of Afghanistan
  • Also known as: Ghor”, “Ghōr”, “Ghor Province”, “Ghōr Province”, “Ghorat”, “Ghore”, “Ghur”, “Thorat”, “Velāyat-e Ghowr”, and “Wilayat-e Ghor

Ghowr

Latitude
34° north
Longitude
65° east
Population
778,000
Elevation
2,831 metres (9,288 feet)
Open location code
8J672222+22
Geo­Names ID
1141103
Wiki­data ID
Q186392
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Ghowr” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ولاية غور
  • Arabic: ولايه غور
  • Armenian: Գուր
  • Asturian: Ghor
  • Asturian: Gor
  • Azerbaijani: Gur
  • Azerbaijani: Qövr vilayəti
  • Azerbaijani: Qövr
  • Azerbaijani: Qur
  • Basque: Ghor probintzia
  • Belarusian: Гор
  • Belarusian: Правінцыя Гор
  • Bengali: ঘাওর প্রদেশ
  • Bengali: ঘোর প্রদেশ
  • Bulgarian: Гор
  • Catalan: Ghur
  • Catalan: Província de Ghur
  • Cebuano: Wilāyat-e Ghōr
  • Central Kurdish: پارێزگای غۆر
  • Chinese: Ghor Séng
  • Chinese: 古亞省
  • Chinese: 古尔省
  • Chinese: 古爾省
  • Crimean Tatar: Ğur (vilâyet)
  • Crimean Tatar: Ğur
  • Czech: Ghór
  • Danish: Ghowr
  • Dimli (individual language): Ğur
  • Dutch: Ghowr
  • Esperanto: provinco Gor
  • Esperanto: Provinco Gor
  • Esperanto: provinco Goro
  • Estonian: Ghori provints
  • Estonian: Ghōri provints
  • Estonian: Ghowri provints
  • Finnish: Ghowrin maakunta
  • French: Ghor
  • French: Ghôr
  • French: Ghowr
  • French: Ghur
  • French: Ghûr
  • Georgian: ღორის პროვინცია
  • Georgian: ღურის პროვინცია
  • German: AF-GHO
  • German: Ghor
  • German: Ghowr
  • Greek: Γκοούρ
  • Gujarati: અલ્માટી
  • Hebrew: גור
  • Hindi: ग़ोर प्रांत
  • Hindi: ग़ोर प्रान्त
  • Hindi: ग़ोर
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Ghōr
  • Italian: Ghowr
  • Japanese: グール州
  • Japanese: ゴール州
  • Kannada: ಘೋರ್
  • Kazakh: Гор
  • Korean: 구르주
  • Latvian: Goura
  • Latvian: Gouras province
  • Lithuanian: Goro provincija
  • Malay: Ghor
  • Malay: Wilayah Ghor
  • Marathi: घोर
  • Mazanderani: غور
  • Min Nan Chinese: Ghor Séng
  • Minangkabau: Provinsi Ghor
  • Mongolian: Гор аймаг
  • Mongolian: Гор муж
  • Newari: गौर प्रान्त, अफगानिस्तान
  • Newari: गौर प्रान्त
  • Northern Luri: آستون غور
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ghor
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ghowr
  • Norwegian: Ghowr
  • Ossetian: Гор (провинци)
  • Ossetian: Гор
  • Panjabi: ਗ਼ੋਰ ਸੂਬਾ
  • Persian: استان غور
  • Persian: غور
  • Persian: ولایت غور
  • Polish: Ghor
  • Portuguese: Ghor
  • Portuguese: Ghowr
  • Pushto: د غور ولايت
  • Pushto: غور ولايت
  • Pushto: غور
  • Romanian: Pprovincia Ghur
  • Romanian: Provincia Ghur
  • Russian: Гор
  • Russian: Гур
  • Scots: Ghor Province
  • Serbian: Гор
  • Serbian: Провинција Гор
  • Sindhi: غور صوبو
  • Sinhala: ඝෝර්
  • South Azerbaijani: غور ویلایت
  • Spanish: Ġawr
  • Spanish: Provincia de Gaur
  • Spanish: Provincia de Gawr
  • Spanish: Provincia de Ġawr
  • Sundanese: Propinsi Ghor
  • Swedish: Ghor
  • Swedish: Ghowr
  • Swedish: Ghur
  • Swedish: Parapanisos
  • Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Ghōr
  • Tajik: Vilojati Ƣuvr
  • Tajik: Вилояти Ғур
  • Tajik: Вилояти Ғӯр
  • Tajik: Ғур
  • Tamil: கோர் மாகாணம்
  • Tamil: ஜிஹார்
  • Telugu: ఘోర్
  • Thai: กอฮ์
  • Turkish: Gur Vilayeti
  • Turkish: Gur
  • Tuvinian: Гор провинциязы
  • Uighur: غور ۋىلايىتى
  • Ukrainian: Гор
  • Urdu: صوبہ غور
  • Urdu: غور
  • Uzbek: Gʻoʻr (viloyati)
  • Uzbek: Gʻoʻr viloyati
  • Uzbek: Gʻoʻr
  • Uzbek: Gʻur viloyati
  • Vietnamese: Ghor
  • Vietnamese: Ghōr
  • Waray (Philippines): Ghor
  • Welsh: Ghor
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ غور
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع غور
  • Wu Chinese: 古尔省
  • Yue Chinese: 古亞省

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