Qal‘ah-ye Malik Sikandar

Qal‘ah-ye Malik Sikandar is a locality in , and has an elevation of 1,790 metres. Qal‘ah-ye Malik Sikandar is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Indira Gandhi Childrens Hospital and Kabul City Centre.

Hospital
Indira Gandhi Children's hospital located in is a Children's hospital of . It was founded in 1969 with funding from the government of India. is situated 3 km southeast of Qal‘ah-ye Malik Sikandar.

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. is situated 3 km south of Qal‘ah-ye Malik Sikandar.

Cemetery
Photo: LarkAbroad, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, or the British Cemetery, is located in , . The area was a British military camp or cantonment and the site of the 1879 Siege of the in the Second Anglo-Afghan War.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kabul.

Photo: SiarFisher, CC BY-SA 3.0.
has been the capital of since about 1776. The city was badly damaged during the various wars since 1979, particularly its western parts.

Qal‘ah-ye Malik Sikandar

Latitude
34.55985° or 34° 33′ 36″ north
Longitude
69.16422° or 69° 9′ 51″ east
Elevation
1,790 metres (5,873 feet)
Open location code
8J6FH557+WM
Geo­Names ID
8777714
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