Islam Qala
Islām Qala is a border town in the western Herat province of Afghanistan, near the Afghanistan–Iran border. It is the official port of entry by land from neighboring Taybad in Iran.
Photo: Officer, Public domain.- Type: Town with 18,100 residents
- Description: human settlement in Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Eslām Qal‘eh”, “Eslam Qala”, “Eslam Qalʿeh”, “Eslamqal‘a”, “Islām Kala”, “Islam Killa”, “Islām Qal‘ah”, “Islām Qala”, “Kāfar Qal‘eh”, “Kafir Kala”, “إسلام قلعه”, “اسلام قلعة”, and “エスラームガルエ”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kuhsan.
Kuhsan
Town
Kohsan is a town and the administrative center of Kohsan District, Herat Province, Afghanistan. Kuhsan is situated 9 km east of Islam Qala.
Islam Qala
- Categories: human settlement, border city, and locality
- Location: Kuhsān, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.66463° or 34° 39′ 53″ north
Longitude
61.09966° or 61° 5′ 59″ east
Population
18,100
Elevation
726 metres (2,382 feet)
Open location code
8J63M37X+VV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Islam Qala” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إسلام 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”
- Persian: “اسلامقلعه”
- Pushto: “اسلام کلا”
- Russian: “Ислам-Кала”
- Russian: “Исламкала”
- Spanish: “Eslām Qalʿeh”
- Swedish: “Eslam Qaleh”
- Urdu: “اسلام قلعہ”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: قلعه نوک and قدوس آباد.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Islam Qala Mosque and truck stop.
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