Afghanistan
Baghlan
Puli Khumri District

Surkh Kotal

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 , about 18 kilometres north of the city of , the capital of of .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: archaeological site in Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Ateshkadeh-ye Sorkh Kowtal”, “Āteshkadeh-ye Sorkh Kowtal”, “Chashma-i Shir”, “Sar-i Chashma”, and “Sorkh Kowtal”

Surkh Kotal

Latitude
36.05046° or 36° 3′ 2″ north
Longitude
68.56561° or 68° 33′ 56″ east
Elevation
583 metres (1,913 feet)
Open location code
8J8C3H28+56
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4402053444
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
1148120
Wiki­data ID
Q1799523
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Uzbek—“Surkh Kotal” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Surkh Kotal”
  • Chinese: “紅柱”
  • Dutch: “Surkh Kotal”
  • French: “Surkh Kotal”
  • German: “Surch Kotal”
  • German: “Surkh Kotal”
  • Hebrew: “סורך קוטל”
  • Italian: “Surkh Kotal”
  • Japanese: “スルフ･コタル”
  • Malayalam: “സുർഖ് കോട്ടൽ”
  • Persian: “سرخ‌کوتل”
  • Pushto: “سُرخ کوتل”
  • Russian: “Сурх-Котал”
  • Russian: “Сурхкоталь”
  • Slovenian: “Surh Kotal”
  • Spanish: “Surkh Kotal”
  • Uzbek: “Surx koʻtal”
  • Uzbek: “Surx Koʻtal”

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