Sharan
Sharana, also known as Sharan, is a city in eastern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Paktika Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Sharan District and has an estimated population of 70,775 people.- District with 2,200 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 2,145 metres (7,037 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code OAS
- Also known as“Sharan WoluswālSharan WulêswālSharana”“شرن”
Sharan
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Latitude
33.20018° or 33° 12′ 1″ north
Longitude
68.7285° or 68° 43′ 43″ east
Open location code
8J5C6P2H+39
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=district
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Sharan” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ሻራን”
- Arabic: “شاران”
- Azerbaijani: “Şaran”
- Bengali: “শরণ”
- Chinese: “沙兰/沙蘭”
- Czech: “Šaran”
- French: “Sharan”
- German: “Sharan”
- Hausa: “Sharan”
- Hindi: “शरण”
- Indonesian: “Sharan”
- Japanese: “シャラン”
- Javanese: “Sharan”
- Kazakh: “Sharan”
- Kirghiz: “Шаран”
- Malay: “Sharan”
- Oromo: “Sharan”
- Panjabi: “ਸ਼ਰਣ”
- Persian: “شاران”
- Portuguese: “Sharan”
- Pushto: “شاران”
- Russian: “Шаран”
- Somali: “Sharan”
- Spanish: “Sharán”
- Swahili: “Sharan”
- Tajik: “Шаран”
- Tatar: “Шаран”
- Turkish: “Şaran”
- Urdu: “شاران”
- Uzbek: “Sharan”
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