Cheshmeh-ye Shir
Cheshmeh-ye Shir is a village in Baghlan Province in north eastern Afghanistan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Čašma-i-Šēr”, “Chashma-i-Sher”, “Chashmah-i-Sher”, “Chashmayi-Sher”, “Chashmeh-ye Shīr”, and “Cheshmeh-ye Shīr”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Surkh Kotal.
Surkh Kotal
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Surkh Kotal (Persian: چشمه شیر Chashma-i Shir; also called Sar-i Chashma, is an ancient archaeological site located in the southern part of the region of Bactria, about 18 kilometres north of the city of Puli Khumri, the capital of Baghlan Province of Afghanistan. Surkh Kotal is situated 3 km southwest of Cheshmeh-ye Shir.
Cheshmeh-ye Shir
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Puli Khumri District, Baghlan, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
36.06065° or 36° 3′ 38″ northLongitude
68.59456° or 68° 35′ 40″ eastElevation
562 metres (1,844 feet)Open location code
8J8C3H6V+7ROpenStreetMap ID
node 2690057155OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Uzbek—“Cheshmeh-ye Shir” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Cheshmeh-ye Shir”
- Persian: “چشمه شیر”
- Russian: “Чашмайи-Шер”
- Uzbek: “Cheshmeh-ye Shir”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cheshmeh-ye Shir”. Photo: afgmatters, CC BY 2.0.