Shahid Square

Shahid Square is a locality in Kabul District, Afghanistan and has an elevation of 1,786 metres. Shahid Square is situated nearby to the locality Qal‘ah-ye Muḩammad ‘Omar, as well as near Qal‘ah-ye Muḩammad ‘Īsá.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Indira Gandhi Childrens Hospital and Kabul City Centre.

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 3½ km southeast of Shahid Square.

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 3½ km south of Shahid Square.

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. Sherpur Cantonment is situated 2½ km south of Shahid Square.

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.

Shahid Square

Type: Locality
Location: Kabul District, Kabul, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude

34.56616° or 34° 33′ 58″ north

Longitude

69.16639° or 69° 9′ 59″ east

Elevation

1,786 metres (5,860 feet)

Open location code

8J6FH588+FH

GeoNames ID

9166133

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