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Panjshir Province

Panjshir, commonly known as Panjsher, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country containing the .
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  • Type: State with 173,000 residents
  • Description: province of Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Five Lions”, “Home of Lions”, “Panjsher Province”, and “Panjshir”
  • Neighbors:

Panjshir Province

Latitude
35.4339° or 35° 26′ 2″ north
Longitude
69.7931° or 69° 47′ 35″ east
Population
173,000
Elevation
4,226 metres (13,865 feet)
Open location code
8J7FCQMV+G6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2278921325
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
6957555
Wiki­data ID
Q181235
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Panjshir Province” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ولاية بانشير”
  • Arabic: “ولاية بنجشير”
  • Azerbaijani: “Pəncşer”
  • Azerbaijani: “Pəncşir vilayəti”
  • Azerbaijani: “Pəncşir”
  • Basque: “Panjshir probintzia”
  • Basque: “Panshir”
  • Belarusian: “Панджшэр”
  • Belarusian: “Правінцыя Панджшэр”
  • Bengali: “পাঞ্জশির প্রদেশ”
  • Bulgarian: “Панджшир”
  • Catalan: “Panjshir”
  • Catalan: “província de Panjshir”
  • Catalan: “Província de Panjshir”
  • Cebuano: “Panjshir”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای پەنجشێر”
  • Central Kurdish: “پەنجشیر”
  • Central Kurdish: “پەنجشێر”
  • Chinese: “Panjshir Séng”
  • Chinese: “潘傑希爾省”
  • Chinese: “潘杰希尔省/潘傑希爾省”
  • Chinese: “潘杰希尔省”
  • Chinese: “班哲斯省”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Pencşir”
  • Czech: “Pandžšír”
  • Danish: “Panjshir”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Pencşêr”
  • Dutch: “Pandjsjir”
  • Dutch: “Panjshir”
  • Esperanto: “Panĝŝiro”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Panĝŝir”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Panĝŝir”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Panĝŝiro”
  • Estonian: “Panjshayri provints”
  • Estonian: “Panjshēri provints”
  • Estonian: “Panjshiri provints”
  • Finnish: “Panjshirin maakunta”
  • French: “Panchir”
  • French: “Pandjchir”
  • French: “Panjchir”
  • French: “Panjshir”
  • French: “Panshir”
  • Georgian: “ფანჯშირის პროვინცია”
  • German: “AF-PAN”
  • German: “Pandjsher”
  • German: “Pandschir”
  • German: “Pandschschir”
  • German: “Panjshar”
  • German: “Panjsher”
  • German: “Panjshir”
  • Greek: “Παντζίρ”
  • Hebrew: “פאנשיר”
  • Hebrew: “פנג’שיר”
  • Hindi: “पंजशिर”
  • Hindi: “पंजशीर प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “पंजशीर”
  • Hungarian: “Pandzssir”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Panjshir”
  • Italian: “Panjshir”
  • Japanese: “パンジシール州”
  • Kazakh: “Панжшер”
  • Korean: “판지시르 주”
  • Korean: “판지시르주”
  • Latvian: “Pandžšīra”
  • Latvian: “Pandžšīras province”
  • Lithuanian: “Pandžširo provincija”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Panjshir”
  • Malayalam: “പഞ്ച്ഷിർ പ്രവിശ്യ”
  • Mazanderani: “پنجشیر”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Panjshir Séng”
  • Minangkabau: “Provinsi Panjshir”
  • Mongolian: “Панжшер аймаг”
  • Newari: “पञ्जशीर प्रान्त”
  • Newari: “पनजशीर प्रान्त, अफगानिस्तान”
  • Newari: “पनजशीर प्रान्त”
  • Newari: “पाञ्जशिर प्रदेश”
  • Northern Luri: “آستون پنجشیر”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Panjshir”
  • Norwegian: “Panjshir”
  • Ossetian: “Панджшер (провинци)”
  • Ossetian: “Панджшер”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੰਜਸਸ਼ੀਰ ਸੂਬਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੰਜਸ਼ਿਰ”
  • Persian: “پنجشیر”
  • Persian: “پنجهیر” (historical)
  • Persian: “ولایت پنجشیر”
  • Polish: “Panczszir”
  • Polish: “Pandższer”
  • Polish: “Pandższir”
  • Portuguese: “Panjshir”
  • Pushto: “پنجشیر ولایت”
  • Pushto: “پنجشېر ولايت”
  • Pushto: “پنچشیر”
  • Pushto: “دا پنچشیر ولايت”
  • Romanian: “provincia Panjshir”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Panjshir”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Panjșir”
  • Russian: “Панджшер”
  • Scots: “Panjshir Province”
  • Serbian: “Provincija Panjšir”
  • Serbian: “Панџшер”
  • Serbian: “Провинција Пањшир”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pandžširska pokrajina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Panjshir”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Provincija Panjshir”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Provincija Panjšir”
  • Sindhi: “پنجشير صوبو”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پنجشیر ویلایت”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پنجشیر ویلایتی”
  • Spanish: “Panjshir”
  • Spanish: “Panjshīr”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Panjshir”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Panjshīr”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Panshir”
  • Sundanese: “Propinsi Panjshir”
  • Swahili: “Panjshir”
  • Swedish: “Panjshir”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Panjshir”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Pançşer”
  • Tajik: “вилояти Панҷшер”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Панҷшер”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Панҷшӣр”
  • Tamil: “பன்சீர் மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “பாஞ்ச்சிர் மாகாணம்”
  • Turkish: “Panşir”
  • Turkish: “Pençşir Vilayeti”
  • Turkish: “Pencşir”
  • Turkish: “Pençşir”
  • Turkish: “Penşir Vilayeti”
  • Turkish: “Penşir”
  • Uighur: “پەنجشىر ۋىلايىتى”
  • Ukrainian: “Панджшер”
  • Urdu: “پنج شیر”
  • Urdu: “صوبہ پنجشیر”
  • Uzbek: “Panjsher viloyati”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Panjshir”
  • Welsh: “Panjshir”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ پنجشیر”
  • Wu Chinese: “潘杰希尔省”
  • Yue Chinese: “班哲斯省”

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