Yakawlang District

Yakawlang is district located in the northwestern part of . Its population is 76,897 predominantly from the Hazara ethnic group. The capital city formerly held 60,000 residents, and it was destroyed by Taliban forces in 2001.
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  • Type: County
  • Description: district of Bamyan, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Yakawlang”

Yakawlang District

Latitude
34.979° or 34° 58′ 45″ north
Longitude
66.948° or 66° 56′ 53″ east
Elevation
3,581 metres (11,749 feet)
Open location code
8J68XWHX+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4421574135
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
7052916
Wiki­data ID
Q2482509
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Yakawlang District” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “যকাওলং জেলা”
  • Cebuano: “Yakāwlang”
  • Dutch: “Yakawlang”
  • Indonesian: “Yakawlang, Bamiyan”
  • Indonesian: “Yakawlang”
  • Italian: “distretto di Yakawlang”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Yakawlang”
  • Malay: “Daerah Yakawlang”
  • Persian: “ولسوالی یکاولنگ”
  • Persian: “یکاولنگ”
  • Persian: “یکه و لنگ”
  • Pushto: “يکاولنګ ولسوالۍ”
  • Pushto: “يکاولنگ ولسوالۍ”
  • Swedish: “Yakawlang”
  • Turkish: “Yakavlang ilçesi”
  • Urdu: “یکاولنگ ضلع”
  • Uzbek: “Yakawlang tumani”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Yakawlang”
  • Vietnamese: “Yakawlang”
  • Welsh: “Yakawlang”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع یکاولنگ”

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