Maidan Shar

Maidan Shar or Maidan Shahr is a growing town in the eastern part of , serving as the capital of . It is within the jurisdiction of Maidan Shar District and has an estimated population of 50,029 people.
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  • Type: City with 35,000 residents
  • Description: city in Wardak province, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: Maidan”, “Maidan Shahr”, “Maīdān Shahr”, “Maidān Šhār”, “Maīdān S̲h̲ār”, “Maidanshar”, “Maiden Shahr”, “Maiden Shar”, “Maydan Shahr”, “Maydan Shar”, and “Meydān Shahr

Maidan Shar

Latitude
34.39313° or 34° 23′ 35″ north
Longitude
68.86411° or 68° 51′ 51″ east
Population
35,000
Elevation
2,206 metres (7,238 feet)
Open location code
8J6C9VV7+7J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2027857333
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1456960
Wiki­data ID
Q935810
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Maidan Shar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ميدان شهر
  • Arabic: میدانشار
  • Asturian: Maidan Shar
  • Azerbaijani: Meydanşəhr
  • Belarusian: Майданшахр
  • Bengali: মাইদান শার
  • Catalan: Maidan Shar
  • Cebuano: Maydanshakhr
  • Chinese: 迈丹城/邁丹城
  • Chinese: 迈丹城
  • Chinese: 邁丹城
  • Czech: Mejdán Šahr
  • Danish: Maidan Shar
  • Dutch: Meydan Sjahr
  • Egyptian Arabic: ميدان شهر
  • Esperanto: Maidan Ŝahr
  • Esperanto: Majdanŝahro
  • Estonian: Maydān Shahr
  • Finnish: Maidan Shar
  • French: Maydan Shahr
  • Greek: Μαϊντάν Σαρ
  • Greek: Μέινταν Σαρ
  • Gujarati: મૈદાન શાર
  • Hebrew: מיידן שר
  • Hindi: मैदान शहर
  • Hindi: मैदान शार
  • Indonesian: Maidan Shar
  • Italian: Maidanshahr
  • Japanese: マイダーンシャー
  • Kannada: ಮೈದಾನ್ ಶಾರ್
  • Korean: 마디안 샤
  • Korean: 마이단하르
  • Latvian: Maidanšara
  • Lithuanian: Maidan Šaras
  • Lithuanian: Maidanšaras
  • Malay: Maidan Shar
  • Marathi: मैदान शार
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Maidan Shar
  • Panjabi: ਮੈਦਾਨ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ
  • Persian: تالقان
  • Persian: میدان‌شهر
  • Polish: Majdanszahr
  • Portuguese: Maydan Shahr
  • Pushto: ميدان ښار ولسوالۍ
  • Pushto: میدانښار
  • Russian: Майданшахр
  • Sinhala: මෙයිදාන් ශාර්
  • Spanish: Maidan Shar
  • Spanish: Maidān Šhār
  • Spanish: Maidan
  • Swedish: Maydan Shahr
  • Swedish: Maydan Shar
  • Swedish: Maydanshahr
  • Swedish: Maydanshar
  • Tamil: மைதான் ஷார்
  • Telugu: మైదాన్ సహేర్
  • Thai: ไมเดน ชาฮ์
  • Turkish: Meydanşehr
  • Ukrainian: Майданшахр
  • Urdu: میدان شہر
  • Vietnamese: Maidan Shar
  • Waray (Philippines): Meydan Shahr

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