Afghanistan
Parwan
Chaharikar District

Charikar

Charikar, also known as Imam Abu Hanifa or Imam Azam, is a city in the northeastern area of , serving as the capital of . It is within the jurisdiction of and has an estimated population of 222,751 people.
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  • Type: City with 34,900 residents
  • Description: Capital of Parwan, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Čahārikār”, “Cāṟikāṟ”, “Chahārīkār”, “Chāirkār”, “Charekar”, “Chārīkār”, “Charikar, Afghanistan”, “Chârikâr, Askandria-e-Qafqaz, Askandria Paro paizad”, and “چاريكار”

Charikar

Latitude
35.0132° or 35° 0′ 47″ north
Longitude
69.1742° or 69° 10′ 27″ east
Population
34,900
Elevation
1,554 metres (5,098 feet)
Open location code
8J7F257F+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 313181470
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1145352
Wiki­data ID
Q944395
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Charikar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جاريكار”
  • Arabic: “شاريكار”
  • Armenian: “Չարիքար”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çarikar”
  • Basque: “Charikar”
  • Belarusian: “Чарыкар”
  • Bengali: “চরিকর”
  • Catalan: “Charikar”
  • Cebuano: “Charikar (kapital sa lalawigan sa Apganistan)”
  • Cebuano: “Charikar”
  • Chinese: “恰里卡尔”
  • Chinese: “恰里卡爾”
  • Chinese: “查里卡尔”
  • Czech: “Čáríkár”
  • Danish: “Charikar”
  • Dutch: “Charikar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شاريكار”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉarikar”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉarikaro”
  • Estonian: “Charikar”
  • Estonian: “Chārīkār”
  • Estonian: “Tšarikar”
  • Finnish: “Čarikar”
  • Finnish: “Charikar”
  • French: “Charikar”
  • French: “Tcharikar”
  • Georgian: “ჩარიქარი”
  • German: “Alexandria Eschatê”
  • German: “Askandria Paro paizad”
  • German: “Askandria-e-Qafqaz”
  • German: “Charikar”
  • German: “Chârikâr”
  • German: “Tscharikar”
  • Greek: “Τσαρικάρ”
  • Gujarati: “ચારિકર”
  • Hausa: “Charikar”
  • Hebrew: “צ’אריכאר”
  • Hebrew: “צ’אריקאר”
  • Hindi: “चरीकार”
  • Hindi: “चारीकार”
  • Indonesian: “Charikar”
  • Irish: “Charikar”
  • Italian: “Charikar”
  • Japanese: “チャーリーカール”
  • Kannada: “ಚರಿಕಾರ್”
  • Korean: “차리카르”
  • Korean: “카리카”
  • Latvian: “Čarikara”
  • Lithuanian: “Čarikaras”
  • Malay: “Charikar”
  • Malayalam: “ചരികാർ”
  • Marathi: “चरकार”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Charikar”
  • Norwegian: “Charikar”
  • Panjabi: “ਚਾਰੀਕਾਰ”
  • Persian: “چاریکار، افغانستان”
  • Persian: “چاریکار”
  • Persian: “شهر چاریکار”
  • Polish: “Aleksandria Kaukaska”
  • Polish: “Czarikar”
  • Portuguese: “Charikar”
  • Pushto: “چاریکار”
  • Romanian: “Charikar”
  • Russian: “Чарикар”
  • Sinhala: “චරිකර්”
  • Spanish: “Charikar”
  • Swedish: “Charikar”
  • Tajik: “Чорикор”
  • Tamil: “சாரிகார்”
  • Tatar: “Чәрикәр”
  • Telugu: “చరికర్”
  • Thai: “ชาริการ์”
  • Turkish: “Çarikar”
  • Ukrainian: “Чарикар”
  • Ukrainian: “Чарікар”
  • Urdu: “چاریکار”
  • Uzbek: “Chorikor shahri”
  • Uzbek: “Chorikor”
  • Vietnamese: “Charikar”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Charikar”
  • Western Panjabi: “چاریکار”

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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 “Charikar”. Photo: ISAF Headquarters Public Affairs Office, CC BY 2.0.