Afghanistan
Herat Province
Kuhsān

Islam Qala

Islām Qala is a border town in the western of , near the Afghanistan–Iran border. It is the official port of entry by land from neighboring in Iran.
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  • Type: Town with 18,100 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Eslām Qal‘eh”, “Eslamqal‘a”, “Islām Kala”, “Islam Killa”, “Islām Qal‘ah”, “Islām Qala”, “Kāfar Qal‘eh”, and “Kafir Kala”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kohsan.

Town
is a town and the administrative center of District, , . The population is 12,463. It is located at at 737 m altitude, near the Hari River and not far from the border with . is situated 8 km east of Islam Qala.

Islam Qala

Latitude
34.66037° or 34° 39′ 37″ north
Longitude
61.11015° or 61° 6′ 37″ east
Population
18,100
Elevation
726 metres (2,382 feet)
Open location code
8J63M466+43
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3474080637
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1142404
Wiki­data ID
Q4115284
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Islam Qala” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إسلام قلعة”
  • Arabic: “إسلام قلعه”
  • Arabic: “اسلام قلعة”
  • Asturian: “Eslam Qal’eh”
  • Asturian: “Islam Qala”
  • Bengali: “ইসলাম কালা”
  • Cebuano: “Kafir Qala”
  • Chinese: “伊斯蘭卡拉”
  • Dutch: “Islam Qala”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اسلام قلعه”
  • Hebrew: “אסלאם כאלא”
  • Japanese: “イスラムカラ”
  • Japanese: “エスラームガルエ”
  • Persian: “اسلام قلعه”
  • Persian: “اسلام‌قلعه”
  • Pushto: “اسلام کلا”
  • Russian: “Ислам-Кала”
  • Russian: “Исламкала”
  • Spanish: “Eslam Qala”
  • Spanish: “Eslam Qaleh”
  • Spanish: “Eslam Qalʿeh”
  • Spanish: “Eslām Qalʿeh”
  • Spanish: “Islam Qala”
  • Swedish: “Eslam Qaleh”
  • Swedish: “Islam Qala”
  • Urdu: “اسلام قلعہ”

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