Kabul District

Kabul District is one of the 15 districts of in the eastern part of . It encompasses , which is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan.
Wikipedia
  • Type: County
  • Description: district of Kabul Province, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Kabul” and “کابل ولسوالۍ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gardens of Babur and Arg.

Park
Photo: Jim Kelly, CC BY 2.0.
Bagh-e Babur, also known as the , is a historic site in District 5 of , . It is located in the Guzargah neighborhood, with the Sher Darwaza mountain being to the east, to the south, and the to the northwest.

Government office
Photo: U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain.
The is the presidential palace of , located in . Since the 2021 abolition of the Afghan presidency by the Taliban, it has served as the meeting place of the Cabinet of Afghanistan.

Zoo
Photo: Masoud Akbari, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is located in , , on the bank of the and adjacent to the Deh Mazang Circle. Its public entrance is on Asmayi Road across from the Kabul Traffic Police Headquarters.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kabul.

Photo: SiarFisher, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital and largest city of . 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.

Kabul District

Latitude
34.52° or 34° 31′ 12″ north
Longitude
69.1549° or 69° 9′ 18″ east
Elevation
1,830 metres (6,004 feet)
Open location code
8J6FG593+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4422424858
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
7729752
Wiki­data ID
Q6344428
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Satellite Map

Discover Kabul District from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Kabul District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة كابل”
  • Armenian: “Քաբուլ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kabil rayonu”
  • Belarusian: “Кабул”
  • Bengali: “কাবুল জেলা”
  • Catalan: “districte de Kabul”
  • Cebuano: “Kabul”
  • Chinese: “喀布尔/喀布爾”
  • Danish: “Kabul Distrikt”
  • Dutch: “Kaboel (district)”
  • Dutch: “Kaboel”
  • Dutch: “Kabul (district)”
  • Dutch: “Kabul”
  • French: “district de Kaboul”
  • French: “District de Kaboul”
  • German: “Distrikt Kabul”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Kabul, Afganistan”
  • Italian: “distretto di Kabul”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Kabul”
  • Japanese: “カーブル地区”
  • Malay: “Daerah Kabul”
  • Persian: “شهرستان کابل”
  • Persian: “ولسوالی کابل”
  • Portuguese: “Cabul (distrito)”
  • Portuguese: “Cabul”
  • Russian: “Кабул”
  • Slovak: “okres Kábul”
  • Swedish: “Kabul”
  • Tajik: “Улусволии Кобул”
  • Turkish: “Kâbil ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Кабул”
  • Urdu: “کابل ضلع”
  • Uzbek: “Kabul tumani”
  • Vietnamese: “Kabul”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Kabul”
  • Welsh: “Kabul”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include TV Tower Hill and Asmayi Mountain.

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