Kandahar District

Kandahar District is one of the 20 districts of in southern , with an estimated population of 732,629 settled residents. It encompasses , the capital and largest city of Kandahar Province.
Wikipedia
  • Type: County
  • Description: district in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Dand District” and “Kandahar”

Kandahar District

Latitude
31.5073° or 31° 30′ 26″ north
Longitude
65.7149° or 65° 42′ 54″ east
Elevation
987 metres (3,238 feet)
Open location code
8J37GP47+WX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4402772920
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
9653599
Wiki­data ID
Q2673970
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kandahar District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قندهار”
  • Bengali: “কান্দাহার জেলা”
  • Cebuano: “Kandahar District”
  • Chinese: “坎大哈/堪達哈”
  • Chinese: “坎大哈县”
  • Czech: “Kandahár”
  • French: “Kandahâr”
  • Italian: “distretto di Kandahar”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Kandahar”
  • Japanese: “カンダハール郡”
  • Malay: “Daerah Kandahar”
  • Persian: “ولسوالی قندهار”
  • Pushto: “ډنډ ولسوالۍ”
  • Pushto: “کندهار ولسوالۍ”
  • Russian: “Данд”
  • Russian: “Кандагар”
  • Swedish: “Kandahar”
  • Tamil: “கந்தகார் மாவட்டம்”
  • Turkish: “Kandehar ilçesi”
  • Urdu: “قندھار ضلع”
  • Uzbek: “Qandahor tumani”
  • Vietnamese: “Kandahar”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Kandahar”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع قندھار”

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