Kabul Zoo
The Kabul Zoo is located in Kabul, Afghanistan, on the bank of the Kabul River and adjacent to the Deh Mazang Circle. It is next to City Park and nearby the Gardens of Babur and Kabul University.Photo: Masoud Akbari, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gardens of Babur and Shah-i du Shamshira.
Gardens of Babur
Park
Bagh-e Babur, also known as the Gardens of Babur, is a historic site in District 5 of Kabul, Afghanistan. It is located in the Guzargah neighborhood, with the Sher Darwaza mountain being to the east, Chihil Sutun to the south, and the Kabul Zoo to the northwest.
Shah-i du Shamshira
Mosque
Photo: Michal Hvorecky, CC BY 2.0.
The Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque, is a yellow two-story mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. The mosque is situated in District 2, on Andarabi Road, just off the Kabul River and the Shah-Do Shamshira bridge in the center of the city. Shah-i du Shamshira is situated 1½ km northeast of Kabul Zoo.
Sakhi Shrine
Mosque
Photo: Hogai Aryoubi, Public domain.
The Blue Mosque, also known as the Sakhi Shah-e Mardan Shrine or Ziyarat-e Sakhi, is a mosque and shrine complex, located in the Karte Sakhi area of Kabul, Afghanistan. Sakhi Shrine is situated 1½ km northwest of Kabul Zoo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kabul.
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.
Kabul Zoo
- Type: Zoo
- Description: zoo
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Kabul District, Kabul, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.50942° or 34° 30′ 34″ northLongitude
69.15612° or 69° 9′ 22″ eastElevation
1,805 metres (5,922 feet)Inception
1960Open location code
8J6FG554+QCOpenStreetMap ID
way 784170240OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=zooGeoNames ID
11594246Wikidata ID
Q833625
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Kabul Zoo” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Zoològic de Kabul”
- Croatian: “Zoološki vrt u Kabulu”
- Dutch: “Kabul Zoo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات كابول”
- French: “parc zoologique de Kaboul”
- French: “zoo de Kaboul”
- French: “Zoo de Kaboul”
- German: “Kabuler Zoo”
- Italian: “zoo di Kabul”
- Italian: “Zoo di Kabul”
- Japanese: “カーブル動物園”
- Japanese: “日本語”
- Korean: “카불 동물원”
- Korean: “한국어”
- Persian: “باغوحش کابل”
- Russian: “Кабульский зоопарк”
- Russian: “Кабульский Зоопарк”
- Santali: “ᱠᱟᱵᱩᱞ ᱡᱤᱣᱤ ᱡᱟᱱᱣᱟᱨ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ”
- Serbian: “Зоолошки врт Кабул”
- Spanish: “Parque Zoologico de Kabul”
- Spanish: “Parque Zoológico de Kabul”
- Spanish: “Zoo de Kabul”
- Spanish: “Zoologico de Kabul”
- Spanish: “Zoológico de Kabul”
- Turkish: “Kabil Hayvanat Bahçesi”
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