Arg
The Arg is the presidential palace of Afghanistan, located in Kabul. Since the 2021 abolition of the Afghan presidency by the Taliban, it has served as the meeting place of the Cabinet of Afghanistan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain.
- Type: Government office
- Description: presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Arg, Kabul” and “Presidential Arg”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Former site of NATO Camp Eggers and Abdul Rahman Mosque.
Former site of NATO Camp Eggers
Historic site
Photo: Loveablejackass, Public domain.
Camp Eggers was a United States military base in Kabul, Afghanistan, located near the US Embassy and the Afghan Presidential Palace. The camp was named after Captain Daniel W. Former site of NATO Camp Eggers is situated 410 metres north of Arg.
Abdul Rahman Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Abdul Rahman Mosque, also known as the Grand Mosque of Kabul, is a Sunni Congregational mosque, located in the central commercial area of Deh Afghanan, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Abdul Rahman Mosque is situated 1 km southwest of Arg.
Amani High School
School
Amani High School, also known in German as Amani-Oberrealschule Kabul, is a school in Kabul, Afghanistan. Since its founding in 1924 until 1985, Amani High School was recognized as one of the elite schools in Kabul and received direct support from Germany, which helped to provide qualified staff. Amani High School is situated 350 metres northeast of Arg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kabul and Bagrami.
Kabul
Photo: SiarFisher, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kabul has been the capital of Afghanistan since about 1776. The city was badly damaged during the various wars since 1979, particularly its western parts.
Bagrami
Town
Bagrami is a village on the eastern fringes of Kabul at and 1797 m altitude, part of municipal District 12 and partly in District 22. The population is 31,680. Bagrami is situated 9 km southeast of Arg.
Arg
- Categories: building, castle, office, historic site, and government building
- Location: Kabul District, Kabul, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.52667° or 34° 31′ 36″ northLongitude
69.18112° or 69° 10′ 52″ eastElevation
1,806 metres (5,925 feet)Open location code
8J6FG5GJ+MCOpenStreetMap ID
way 42461832OpenStreetMap feature
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historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Arg” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القصر الرئاسي (كابل)”
- Arabic: “القصر الرئاسي”
- Azerbaijani: “Arg (Kabil)”
- Azerbaijani: “Arg”
- Bengali: “আর্গ (কাবুল)”
- Bengali: “আর্গ”
- Chinese: “阿富汗總統府”
- Chinese: “阿格”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ارج”
- Estonian: “Arg (Kabul)”
- Estonian: “Arg”
- Finnish: “Arg (Kabul)”
- Finnish: “Arg”
- French: “Arg”
- French: “palais présidentiel de Kaboul”
- French: “Palais présidentiel de Kaboul”
- German: “Arg”
- German: “ارګ”
- German: “ارگ”
- Hebrew: “ארג”
- Italian: “Arg (Kabul)”
- Italian: “Arg”
- Japanese: “アフガニスタン大統領府”
- Japanese: “アルグ”
- Malay: “Arg”
- Persian: “ارگ ریاست جمهوری افغانستان”
- Persian: “ارگ کابل”
- Polish: “Arg (pałac)”
- Polish: “Arg”
- Portuguese: “Arg, Cabul”
- Portuguese: “Arg”
- Pushto: “ارګ”
- Pushto: “ارگ”
- Russian: “Арг (президентский дворец)”
- Russian: “Арг Риясат Джумхури”
- Scots: “Arg”
- Sindhi: “ارگ، ڪابل”
- Slovenian: “Arg, Kabul”
- Spanish: “Palacio presidencial de Kabul”
- Swedish: “Arg, Kabul”
- Swedish: “Arg”
- Tajik: “Арг”
- Tajik: “Арги риёсати Ҷумҳурии Афғонистон”
- Thai: “แอร์ก (คาบูล)”
- Thai: “แอร์ก”
- Turkish: “Arg (Kâbil)”
- Turkish: “Arg”
- Urdu: “ارگ، کابل”
- Uzbek: “Arg, Kobul”
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