Nika District
Nika District, also known as Naka, is one of the most remote districts in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. It lies in a bowl-shaped valley and is only accessible by a few rocky river beds and a single dirt road, the latter of which is not passable in winter.- Type: district of Afghanistan
- Description: Paktika Province, Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Nikeh”, “شهرستان نیکه”, and “نیکه”
Nika District
- Location: Paktika, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
33.2065° or 33° 12′ 24″ north
Longitude
69.24° or 69° 14′ 24″ east
Elevation
2,778 metres (9,114 feet)
Open location code
8J5F664R+J2
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Welsh—“Nika District” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “নিকা জেলা”
- Cebuano: “Nīkêh”
- German: “Nika”
- Italian: “distretto di Nika”
- Italian: “Distretto di Nika”
- Malay: “Daerah Nika”
- Persian: “ولسوالی نیکه”
- Pushto: “نېکه ولسوالۍ”
- Swedish: “Nika”
- Uzbek: “Nika tumani”
- Vietnamese: “Nika”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Nika”
- Welsh: “Nīkêh”
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