Adraskan

Adraskan is a historical town in western near the Harut River. It was mentioned in 13th and 14th century geographies as one of four prominent towns in the district of Shindand, the Green Place, which, is still called .
Wikipedia
  • Town
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,352 metres (4,436 feet)
  • Description: human settlement in Afghanistan
  • Also known as
    “Adraskand”
    “Aḏṟeskan”
    “Adriskan”
    “Gala”
    “Gala Adraskan”
    “Kala Adrāskan”
    “Qal‘eh Adraskand”
    “Qala Adrāskān”
    “ادرسکن”

Adraskan

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Latitude
33.64597° or 33° 38′ 46″ north
Longitude
62.26856° or 62° 16′ 7″ east
Open location code
8J54J7W9+9C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 315040898
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1149379
Wiki­data ID
Q4684698

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Adraskan” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “አድራስካን”
  • Arabic: “أدراسكان”
  • Azerbaijani: “Adraskan”
  • Bengali: “আদরাস্কান”
  • Bengali: “আদ্রাস্কান”
  • Dutch: “Adraskan”
  • French: “Adraskan”
  • Georgian: “ადრასკანი”
  • German: “Adraskan”
  • Hausa: “Adraskan”
  • Hindi: “अद्रस्कान”
  • Indonesian: “Adraskan”
  • Irish: “Adraskan”
  • Japanese: “アドラスカン”
  • Javanese: “Adraskan”
  • Kazakh: “Адрасхан”
  • Kirghiz: “Адрасхан”
  • Malay: “Adraskan”
  • Oromo: “Adraskan”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਦ੍ਰਾਸਕਾਨ”
  • Persian: “ادراسکان”
  • Portuguese: “Adraskan”
  • Pushto: “ادراسکان”
  • Russian: “Адраскан”
  • Russian: “Адрасхан”
  • Somali: “Adraskan”
  • Spanish: “Adraskan”
  • Swahili: “Adraskan”
  • Tajik: “Адрасхан”
  • Tatar: “Адрасхан”
  • Turkish: “Adraskan”
  • Urdu: “ادراسکان”
  • Urdu: “ادرسکن، افغانستان”
  • Uzbek: “Adraskan”

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