Ghazni

Ghazni, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in southeastern . The province contains 19 districts, encompassing over a thousand villages and roughly 1.3 million people, making it the 5th most populous province.
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  • Type: State with 931,000 residents
  • Description: province of Afghanistan
  • Also known as: Ghaznī”, “Ghazni Province”, “Ghezni Province”, “Velāyat-e Ghaznī”, and “Wilayat-e Ghazni

Ghazni

Latitude
33.315° or 33° 18′ 54″ north
Longitude
67.829° or 67° 49′ 44″ east
Population
931,000
Elevation
3,238 metres (10,623 feet)
Open location code
8J598R7H+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 312470047
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1141268
Wiki­data ID
Q180415
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Ghazni” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ولاية غزني
  • Arabic: ولايه غزني
  • Armenian: Ղազնի
  • Asturian: Gazni
  • Asturian: Ghazni
  • Azerbaijani: Qəznə
  • Azerbaijani: Qəzni vilayəti
  • Azerbaijani: Qəzni
  • Basque: Ghazni probintzia
  • Belarusian: Газні
  • Belarusian: Газьні
  • Belarusian: Правінцыя Газні
  • Bengali: গজনি প্রদেশ
  • Bulgarian: Газни
  • Catalan: província de Ghazni
  • Catalan: Província de Ghazni
  • Cebuano: Wilāyat-e Ghaznī
  • Central Kurdish: پارێزگای غەزنی
  • Chinese: Ghazni Séng
  • Chinese: 加兹尼省
  • Chinese: 加茲尼省
  • Crimean Tatar: Ğazni (vilâyet)
  • Crimean Tatar: Ğazni
  • Czech: Ghazní
  • Danish: Ghazni
  • Dimli (individual language): Ğezni
  • Dimli (individual language): Qezni
  • Dutch: Ghazni
  • Esperanto: provinco Gazni
  • Esperanto: Provinco Gazni
  • Esperanto: provinco Gaznio
  • Esperanto: provinco Ghazni
  • Estonian: Ghaznī provints
  • Finnish: Ghaznin maakunta
  • French: Ghazni
  • French: Province de Ghazni
  • Galician: Ghazni
  • Georgian: ღაზნის პროვინცია
  • German: AF-GHA
  • German: Ghazni
  • Greek: Γκαζνί
  • Gujarati: ગઝની
  • Hebrew: ע’זנה
  • Hebrew: ע’זני
  • Hindi: ग़ज़नी प्रांत
  • Hindi: ग़ज़नी प्रान्त
  • Hindi: ग़ज़नी
  • Hungarian: Ghazni
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Ghazni
  • Italian: Ghazni
  • Italian: provincia di Ghazni
  • Italian: Provincia di Ghazni
  • Japanese: ガズニー州
  • Japanese: ガズニ州
  • Kannada: ಘಜ್ನಿ
  • Kazakh: Ғазни
  • Korean: 가즈니 주
  • Korean: 가즈니주
  • Latvian: Gazni province
  • Latvian: Gaznī vilajets
  • Lithuanian: Gaznio provincija
  • Malay: Ghazni
  • Malay: Wilayah Ghazni
  • Marathi: गझनी प्रांत
  • Marathi: गझनी
  • Mazanderani: غزنی ولایت
  • Min Nan Chinese: Ghazni Séng
  • Minangkabau: Provinsi Ghazni
  • Mongolian: Газни аймаг
  • Mongolian: Газни муж
  • Newari: गजनी प्रान्त, अफगानिस्तान
  • Newari: गजनी प्रान्त
  • Northern Luri: آستون غزنی
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ghazni-provinsen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ghazni
  • Norwegian: Ghazni
  • Ossetian: Газни (провинци)
  • Ossetian: Газни
  • Panjabi: ਗਜ਼ਨੀ ਸੂਬਾ
  • Panjabi: ਗ਼ਜ਼ਨੀ ਸੂਬਾ
  • Panjabi: ਗਜ਼ਨੀ ਪ੍ਰਾਂਤ
  • Panjabi: ਗਜਨੀ
  • Persian: د غزنی ولايت
  • Persian: غزنى
  • Persian: ولایت غزنی
  • Persian: ولایت غزنین
  • Polish: Ghazni
  • Portuguese: Gásni
  • Portuguese: Ghazni
  • Pushto: د غزني ولايت
  • Pushto: غزني ولايت
  • Romanian: provincia Ghazni
  • Romanian: Provincia Ghazni
  • Russian: Газни
  • Scots: Ghazni Province
  • Serbian: Газни
  • Serbian: Провинција Газни
  • Sindhi: غزني صوبو
  • Sinhala: ඝස්නි
  • Slovak: Gazní
  • Slovak: Ghazní
  • South Azerbaijani: غزنی ویلایت
  • Spanish: Gazni
  • Spanish: Gaznī
  • Spanish: Ġazni
  • Spanish: Ġaznī
  • Spanish: Provincia de Gazni
  • Spanish: Provincia de Gaznī
  • Spanish: Provincia de Ġazni
  • Spanish: Provincia de Ġaznī
  • Spanish: Provincia de Ghazni
  • Sundanese: Propinsi Ghazni
  • Swedish: Ghazni
  • Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Ghazni
  • Tajik: Vilojati Ƣazni
  • Tajik: вилояти Ғазнӣ
  • Tajik: Вилояти Ғазнӣ
  • Tamil: கசுனி மாகாணம்
  • Tamil: கஜினி மாகாணம்
  • Tamil: காஸ்னி
  • Telugu: ఘజిని
  • Thai: แกซนิ
  • Thai: จังหวัดกัซนี
  • Turkish: Gazne
  • Turkish: Gazni Vilayeti
  • Turkish: Gazni
  • Turkish: Ghazni
  • Uighur: غازنى ۋىلايىتى
  • Ukrainian: Газні
  • Ukrainian: Ґазні
  • Urdu: صوبہ غزنی
  • Uzbek: Gʻazni viloyati
  • Vietnamese: Ghazni
  • Waray (Philippines): Ghazni
  • Welsh: Ghazni
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ غزنی
  • Wu Chinese: 加兹尼省
  • Yue Chinese: 加茲尼省

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