Kabul District
Kabul District is a district of Kabul Province in the eastern part of Afghanistan. It encompasses Kabul, which is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: County
- Description: district of Kabul Province, Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Kabul”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gardens of Babur and Arg.
Gardens of Babur
Park
Bagh-e Babur, also known as Gardens of Babur, is a historic site in Chelsatun, Kabul, Afghanistan. It is located in the Sher Darwaza hillside of District 5, southwest of Shahr-e Naw, or a short distance south of Kabul Zoo and north of Chihil Sutun.
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.
Abdul Rahman Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Abdul Rahman Mosque, also known as the Grand Mosque of Kabul, is a Sunni Congregational mosque, located in the central commercial area of Deh Afghanan, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kabul.
Kabul
Photo: SiarFisher, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kabul has been the capital of Afghanistan since about 1776. The city was badly damaged during the various wars since 1979, particularly its western parts.
Kabul District
- Categories: district of Afghanistan and locality
- Location: Kabul, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.52° or 34° 31′ 12″ northLongitude
69.1549° or 69° 9′ 18″ eastElevation
1,830 metres (6,004 feet)Open location code
8J6FG593+XXOpenStreetMap ID
node 4422424858OpenStreetMap feature
place=county
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Satellite Map
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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”
- 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: “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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