Kishiktan
Kishiktan or Kesektan is the center of the newly created Hesa Duwum Kohistan District in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan. It is located on at 1454 m altitude.- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Kesektan”, “Kešektān”, “Keshektān”, “Kīshīktān”, and “کشکتان”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mahmud Raqi District and Shamali Plain.
Mahmud Raqi District
Neighborhood
Mahmude Raqi District is located in the western part of Kapisa Province, Afghanistan. It borders with Parvan Province to the south; Nijrab District and the former Kohistan District to the north; and Tagab District to the southeast. Mahmud Raqi District is situated 6 km southeast of Kishiktan.
Shamali Plain
The Shamali Plain is north of Kabul. Shamali, meaning 'windy' or 'northern,' is a green plain which has produced a lot of the food for central Afghanistan. From Kabul it extends north through Charikar, Parvan province to Jabal os Saraj.Gulbahar
Town
Gulbahar is a town in Afghanistan, located 76 km north of Kabul. Gulbahar is a green, lush area with the best mulberry in the country. Gulbahar is situated 10 km north of Kishiktan.
Kishiktan
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Hisah-ye Duwum-e Kohistan, Kapisa, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kishiktan” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kishiktān”
- Dutch: “Kesektan”
- Irish: “Kesektan”
- Persian: “كيشيكتان”
- Persian: “کسکتان”
- Swedish: “Kesektan”
- Swedish: “Keshektan”
- Swedish: “Kishiktan”
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