Ghazni District

Ghazni District, is a district of Ghazni province, situated in the northeast part of the province. Capital of the district is , which is also capital of Ghazni Province.
Wikipedia
  • Type: district of Afghanistan
  • Description: district of Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Ghaznī” and “غزنی”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tepe Sardar and Ghazni Airport.

Photo: Torgani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also Tapa Sardar or Tepe-e-Sardar, is an ancient Buddhist monastery in . It is located near , and it dominates the Dasht-i Manara plain.

Aerodrome
is located in , Afghanistan, next to the main Ghazni-Kandahar Highway. It serves the population of and other nearby Afghan provinces. The airport is mainly used for civilian flights and is still being developed as of late 2013. is situated 4 km southwest of Ghazni District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ghazni.

Photo: ISAF Headquarters Public Affairs Office, CC BY 2.0.
, historically known as Ghaznayn or Ghazna, also transliterated as Ghuznee, and anciently known as Alexandria in Opiana, is a city in southeastern , serving as the capital of .

Ghazni District

Latitude
33.5342° or 33° 32′ 3″ north
Longitude
68.4367° or 68° 26′ 12″ east
Elevation
2,172 metres (7,126 feet)
Open location code
8J5CGCMP+MM
Geo­Names ID
7052956
Wiki­data ID
Q3694458
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Ghazni District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منطقة غزني”
  • Armenian: “Ղազնի”
  • Belarusian: “Газні”
  • Bengali: “গজনি জেলা”
  • Cebuano: “Ghaznī”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Ğezni (qeza)”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Ğezni”
  • Italian: “distretto di Ghazni”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Ghazni”
  • Malay: “Daerah Bandaraya Ghazni”
  • Persian: “ولسوالی غزنی”
  • Persian: “ولسولی غزنین”
  • Pushto: “د غزني ولسوالۍ”
  • Pushto: “غزني ولسوالۍ”
  • Russian: “Газни”
  • Swedish: “Ghazni”
  • Tajik: “ноҳияи Ғазни”
  • Turkish: “Gazne”
  • Turkish: “Gazni ilçesi”
  • Uzbek: “Gʻazni tumani”
  • Vietnamese: “Ghazni”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Ghazni”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع غزنی”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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