Wazir Akbar Khān
Wazir Akbar Khan is a neighborhood in the central part of Kabul, Afghanistan, forming part of the city's District 10. It is named in honor of Wazir Akbar Khan, who was Emir of Afghanistan from December 1842 to April 1843, and is one of the wealthiest neighborhoods of Kabul.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 1.0.
- Type: Residential area
- Description: neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Wazir Akbar Khan”, “Wazīr Akbar Khān”, “Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul”, “وزير اکبر خان”, and “وزیر اکبرخان”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Indira Gandhi Childrens Hospital and Arg.
Indira Gandhi Childrens Hospital
Hospital
Indira Gandhi Children's hospital located in Kabul is a Children's hospital of Afghanistan. It was founded in 1969 with funding from the government of India. Indira Gandhi Childrens Hospital is situated 530 metres northeast of Wazir Akbar Khān.
Arg
Government office
Photo: U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain.
The Arg is the presidential palace of Afghanistan, located in Kabul. Since the 2021 abolition of the Afghan presidency by the Taliban, it has served as the meeting place of the Cabinet of Afghanistan. Arg is situated 1½ km south of Wazir Akbar Khān.
Former site of NATO Camp Eggers
Historic site
Photo: Loveablejackass, Public domain.
Camp Eggers was a United States military base in Kabul, Afghanistan, located near the US Embassy and the Afghan Presidential Palace. The camp was named after Captain Daniel W. Former site of NATO Camp Eggers is situated 650 metres south of Wazir Akbar Khān.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kabul.
Kabul
Photo: SiarFisher, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. A crowded metropolis pressed into a basin of the Hindu Kush mountains, its bazaars, battle-scarred buildings and traffic-choked streets bear the traces of an ancient trading city, rapid urban expansion, periods of cosmopolitan ambition, and nearly half a century of war.
Wazir Akbar Khān
- Category: neighborhood
- Location: Kabul District, Kabul, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.53621° or 34° 32′ 10″ northLongitude
69.18099° or 69° 10′ 52″ eastElevation
1,798 metres (5,899 feet)Open location code
8J6FG5PJ+F9OpenStreetMap ID
way 1349502940OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Wazir Akbar Khān” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وزير أكبر خان”
- Chinese: “瓦齐尔-阿克巴尔汗街区”
- Dutch: “Wazir Akbar Khān”
- Esperanto: “Kvartalo Veziro Akbar Ĥano”
- Galician: “Wazir Akbar Khan, Cabul”
- Galician: “Wazir Akbar Khan”
- Japanese: “ワズィール・アクバル・ハーン (カーブル)”
- Persian: “وزیر اکبرخان، کابل”
- Pushto: “وزیر اکبر خان سیمه”
- Russian: “Вазир Акбар Хан”
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