Camp Marmal

Camp Marmal was an installation of the Afghan Armed Forces. It was adjacent to Maulana Jalaluddin Balkhi International Airport in , , at the foot of the mountains.
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Photo: Julian-G. Albert, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Area
  • Description: largest base of the Bundeswehr outside of Germany, in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Camp Alexander”, “Maidan-e Hawa’i”, “Maīdān-e Hawā’ī”, “Maidān-i-Hawāi”, “Meydān-e Havā’ī”, “Meydān-e Havan”, “Urochishche Maydani-Khavan”, and “میدان هوائی”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mawlana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi International Airport.

Aerodrome
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Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport, officially called , is located about 9 km east of in northern , which is around 15 minutes of driving distance from the center of the city.

Camp Marmal

Latitude
36.704° or 36° 42′ 14″ north
Longitude
67.22421° or 67° 13′ 27″ east
Elevation
391 metres (1,283 feet)
Open location code
8J89P63F+JM
Geo­Names ID
1479515
Wiki­data ID
Q470684
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Camp Marmal” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Maīdān-e Hawā’ī”
  • Chinese: “馬爾馬勒營”
  • Chinese: “馬爾馬軍營”
  • Croatian: “Kamp Marmal”
  • Dutch: “Camp Marmal”
  • German: “Camp Marmal”
  • German: “CM”
  • Japanese: “キャンプ･マーマル”
  • Japanese: “マーマル駐屯地”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Camp Marmal”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Camp Nidaros”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Marmal-leiren”
  • Norwegian: “Marmal-leiren”
  • Persian: “کمپ مارمال”
  • Russian: “Урочище Майдани-Хаван”
  • Spanish: “Camp Marmal”
  • Swedish: “Camp Birka”
  • Swedish: “Camp Marmal”
  • Swedish: “Maīdān-e Hawā’ī”
  • Uzbek: “Marmal Oromgohi”

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