Qal‘ah-ye Ghowās

Qal‘ah-ye Ghowās is a locality in Kabul District, Afghanistan and has an elevation of 1,793 metres. Qal‘ah-ye Ghowās is situated nearby to the locality Kolōlah Poshtah, as well as near Kulōlah Pushtah.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kabul City Centre and Shar-i-Naw Park.

Kabul City Centre

Shopping center

Photo: Jim Kelly, CC BY 2.0.

Kabul City Center is a shopping mall in Shahr-e Naw, Kabul, Afghanistan. Opened in 2005, it consists of 100 stores and a food court. It is equipped with see-through elevators and escalators and is notable for being the first building in Kabul to be equipped with functional escalators.

Shar-i-Naw Park

Park

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The Shahr-e Naw Park, also known as Pārk-e Shahr-e Naw, is the largest public park in the affluent Shahr-e Naw neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan. It is one of several original open-space parks planned by Afghan kings during the 19th century.

Sherpur Cantonment

Cemetery

Photo: LarkAbroad, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The British Cemetery, also known as the Christian Cemetery, is a historic Christian burial ground in the Sherpur neighbourhood of Kabul, Afghanistan. It lies at the north-western edge of the former Sherpur Cantonment, the military complex associated with the Second Anglo-Afghan War.

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.

Qal‘ah-ye Ghowās

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Qal’ah-ye Ghowas” and “قلعه غواس”
Location: Kabul District, Kabul, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude

34.54144° or 34° 32′ 29″ north

Longitude

69.15485° or 69° 9′ 18″ east

Elevation

1,793 metres (5,883 feet)

Open location code

8J6FG5R3+HW

GeoNames ID

8777171

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Localities in the Area

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