Charikar
Charikar, also known as Imam Abu Hanifa or Imam Azam, is a city in the northeastern area of Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Parwan Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Charikar District and has an estimated population of 222,751 people.
- City with about 171,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,600 metres (5,250 feet)
- Description: Capital of Parwan, Afghanistan
- Also known as“Čahārikār”“Cāṟikāṟ”“Chahārīkār”“Chāirkār”“Charekar”“Charikar, Afghanistan”“Chârikâr, Askandria-e-Qafqaz, Askandria Paro paizad”“چاريكار”
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Latitude
35.0132° or 35° 0′ 47″ north
Longitude
69.1742° or 69° 10′ 27″ east
Open location code
8J7F257F+7M
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Charikar” goes by many names.
ቻሪካርAmharic
جاريكارArabic
چاریکارArabic
شاريكارArabic
ՉարիքարArmenian
CharikarAsturian
ÇarikarAzerbaijani
CharikarBasque
ЧарыкарBelarusian
চরিকরBengali
CharikarCatalan
CharikarCebuano
Charikar (kapital sa lalawigan sa Apganistan)Cebuano
恰里卡尔Chinese
恰里卡爾Chinese
查里卡尔Chinese
ČáríkárCzech
CharikarDanish
CharikarDutch
شاريكارEgyptian Arabic
ĈarikarEsperanto
ĈarikaroEsperanto
ChārīkārEstonian
TšarikarEstonian
ČarikarFinnish
CharikarFinnish
ჩარიქარიGeorgian
ΤσαρικάρGreek
ચારિકરGujarati
CharikarHausa
צ’אריכארHebrew
צ’אריקארHebrew
चारीकारHindi
CharikarIndonesian
CharikarIrish
CharikarItalian
チャーリーカールJapanese
チャリカルJapanese
CharikarJavanese
ಚರಿಕಾರ್Kannada
ЧарикарKazakh
ЧарикарKirghiz
차리카르Korean
카리카Korean
ČarikaraLatvian
ČarikarasLithuanian
CharikarMalay
ചരികാർMalayalam
चरकारMarathi
CharikarNorthern Frisian
TschaariikaarNorthern Frisian
CharikarNorwegian
CharikarNorwegian Bokmål
CharikarOromo
ਚਾਰੀਕਾਰPanjabi
چاریکارPersian
Aleksandria KaukaskaPolish
CzarikarPolish
چاریکارPushto
CharikarRomanian
ЧарикарRussian
චරිකර්Sinhala
CharikarSomali
CharikarSwahili
CharikarSwedish
ЧарикарTajik
ЧарикорTajik
ЧорикорTajik
சாரிகார்Tamil
ЧарикарTatar
ЧәрикәрTatar
చరికర్Telugu
ชอรีคอร์Thai
ÇarikarTurkish
ЧарикарUkrainian
ЧарікарUkrainian
چاریکارUrdu
CharikarUzbek
ChorikorUzbek
Chorikor shahriUzbek
CharikarVietnamese
CharikarWaray (Philippines)
چاریکارWestern Panjabi
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