Fayroz Koh

Firozkoh, formerly called Chaghcharan, and historically known as Ahangaran, is a city in central , serving as the capital of . It is within the jurisdiction of and has an estimated population of 129,521 people.
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  • Type: City with 15,000 residents
  • Description: City and the provincial capital of Ghor, Afghanistan.
  • Also known as: “Ahangaran”, “Āhangarān”, “Cagcaran”, “Cagcarān”, “Cagčaran”, “Cagčarān”, “Caġcaran”, “Caġcarān”, “Caġčaran”, “Caġčarān”, “Čagcaran”, “Čagcarān”, “Čagčaran”, “Čagčarān”, “Čaġcaran”, “Čaġcarān”, “Čaġčaran”, “Ĉagĉarano”, “Caghcaṟān”, “Čaghčarán”, “Cakhcaṟān”, “Chakcharan”, “Chakhcharan”, “Chakhcheran”, “Chekcheran”, “Czagczaran”, “Firozkoh”, “Firuzkoh”, “Firuzkuh”, “Tšagtšaran”, “Tsjaghtsjaran”, “Φιροζκόχ”, “آهنګران”, “آهنگران”, “فيروز کوه”, and “ชัฆชารอน”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Sultan Ghiyassuddin Ghori Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Afghanistan Matters, CC BY 2.0.
The , also known…

Fayroz Koh

Latitude
34.51896° or 34° 31′ 8″ north
Longitude
65.25548° or 65° 15′ 20″ east
Population
15,000
Elevation
2,263 metres (7,425 feet)
IATA airport code
CCN
UN/LOCODE
AF CCN
Open location code
8J67G794+H5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 312573218
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1145904
Wiki­data ID
Q958621
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Fayroz Koh” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ፋይሮዝ ኮህ”
  • Arabic: “شغشران”
  • Arabic: “فيروزكوه”
  • Arabic: “فیروز کوه”
  • Asturian: “Chaghcharan”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çagçarən”
  • Azerbaijani: “Fayruz Koh”
  • Bengali: “চাঘচরন”
  • Bengali: “ফায়রোজ কোহ”
  • Catalan: “Tshaghtsharan”
  • Cebuano: “Fayrōz Kōh”
  • Chinese: “恰赫恰兰”
  • Chinese: “恰赫恰蘭”
  • Czech: “Čachčarán”
  • Danish: “Chaghcharan”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Çağçeran”
  • Dutch: “Chaghcharan”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉagĉaran”
  • Estonian: “Chaghcharān”
  • Finnish: “Chaghcharan”
  • French: “Chaghcharan”
  • French: “Fayroz Koh”
  • Georgian: “ჩაჰჩარანი”
  • German: “Fayroz Koh”
  • German: “Tschaghtscharan”
  • Greek: “Τσαγκτσαράν”
  • Gujarati: “ચાઘચરણ”
  • Hausa: “Fayroz Koh”
  • Hebrew: “צ’גצ’ראן”
  • Hindi: “चग़चरान”
  • Hindi: “फ़िरोज़कोह”
  • Hindi: “फ़ैरोज़ कोह”
  • Indonesian: “Chaghcharan”
  • Indonesian: “Fayroz Koh”
  • Italian: “Chaghcharan”
  • Japanese: “チャグチャラーン”
  • Japanese: “ファイロズコー”
  • Javanese: “Fayroz Koh”
  • Kannada: “ಚಘ್ಚರನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Фейруз-Кохи”
  • Kirghiz: “Фейруз-Кохи”
  • Korean: “체그체란”
  • Korean: “카찬카란”
  • Latvian: “Čagčarāna”
  • Lithuanian: “Čagčaranas”
  • Malay: “Chaghcharan”
  • Malay: “Fayroz Koh”
  • Marathi: “चागचरण”
  • Northern Frisian: “Tschaghtscharaan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chaghcharan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chaghcharan”
  • Oromo: “Fayroz Koh”
  • Panjabi: “ਚਗ਼ਚਰਾਨ”
  • Panjabi: “ਫ਼ੈਰੋਜ਼ ਕੋਹ”
  • Persian: “چغچران”
  • Persian: “فیروز کوه”
  • Persian: “فیروزکوه، غور”
  • Persian: “فیروزکوه”
  • Polish: “Czaghczaran”
  • Portuguese: “Chaghcharan”
  • Portuguese: “Fayroz Koh”
  • Pushto: “فیروز کوہ”
  • Pushto: “فیروزکوه (غور)”
  • Pushto: “فیروزکوه”
  • Russian: “Фейруз-Кохи”
  • Russian: “Чагчаран”
  • Samogitian: “Čagčarans”
  • Sinhala: “චැග්චරන්”
  • Somali: “Fayroz Koh”
  • Spanish: “Čaġčarān”
  • Spanish: “Fayroz Koh”
  • Swahili: “Fayroz Koh”
  • Swedish: “Chaghcharan”
  • Tajik: “Файрузкух”
  • Tamil: “சாங்சரன்”
  • Tatar: “Фейруз-Кохи”
  • Telugu: “చగాచరణ్”
  • Thai: “ฟีโรซโค”
  • Turkish: “Çagçaran”
  • Turkish: “Feyruz Koh”
  • Tuvinian: “Чагчаран”
  • Ukrainian: “Чагчаран”
  • Urdu: “چغچران”
  • Urdu: “فیروز کوہ”
  • Uzbek: “Chag’charon”
  • Uzbek: “Chagʻcharon”
  • Uzbek: “Feyruz Kuh”
  • Vietnamese: “Chaghcharan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Chaghcharan”
  • Western Panjabi: “چغچران”

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