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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Kesektan”, “Kešektān”, “Keshektān”, “Kīshīktān”, and “کشکتان”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shamali Plain.
Shamali Plain
The Shamali Plain is north of Kabul. Shamali, meaning 'windy' or 'northern,' is a green plain which has reduced a lot of the food for central Afghanistan. From Kabul it extends north through Charikar, Parvan province to Jabal os Saraj.Kishiktan
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Hisah-ye Duwum-e Kohistan, Kapisa, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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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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Highlights include Ghorband River and Kōh-e Tōp.
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