Qal‘ah-ye Malik Sikandar

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

Places of Interest

Highlights include Indira Gandhi Childrens Hospital and Sherpur Cantonment.

Indira Gandhi Childrens Hospital

Hospital

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

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.

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

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 Malik Sikandar

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Qal’ah-ye Malik Sikandar” and “قلعه ملک سکندر”
Location: Kabul District, Kabul, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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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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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Qal‘ah-ye Ismā‘īl and Qal‘ah-ye Ḩājī Darwēsh.

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