Herat
Herat, also written as Harat or Hirat, and historically known as Haraiva, Horeiva and Hires, is a major city in western Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Herat Province and the Herat District.
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- City with about 556,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 920 metres (3,020 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code HEA
- …was formerly known as “Aria”
- Description: capital of Herat Province, Afghanistan
- Also known as“Alexandria”“Alexandria Ariana”“Gerat”“Heraut”“Hirat”“Shahr-e Herāt”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Herat Citadel and Herat National Museum.
Herat National Museum
Museum
The Herat National Museum is a museum located in Herat, Afghanistan.
Jihad Museum
Museum
The Jihad Museum is located in the western provincial capital of Herat in Afghanistan.
Herat
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Latitude
34.3491° or 34° 20′ 57″ north
Longitude
62.2163° or 62° 12′ 59″ east
UN/LOCODE
AF HEA
Open location code
8J6486X8+MG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Herat” goes by many names.
HeratAlbanian
ሄራትAmharic
حيراتArabic
مدينة هراتArabic
هراةArabic
هراتArabic
هراهArabic
هيراتArabic
ՀերաթArmenian
HeratAsturian
HeratAzerbaijani
HeratBanjar
Herat (kuta)Banjar
ГератBashkir
HaratBasque
HeratBasque
ГератBelarusian
হেরাতBengali
ХератBulgarian
HeratCatalan
HerātCebuano
ھەراتCentral Kurdish
哈烈Chinese
赫拉特Chinese
ГератChuvash
ХератChuvash
HeratCroatian
HératCzech
Herátská oázaCzech
HeratDanish
HeratDimli (individual language)
HeratDutch
هراهEgyptian Arabic
HeratEsperanto
HeratoEsperanto
HerātEstonian
HeratFinnish
HeratGalician
ჰერათიGeorgian
ΑρτακοάναGreek
ΧαράτGreek
ΧεράτGreek
હેરાતGujarati
HeratHausa
הראטHebrew
הראתHebrew
हेरातHindi
HerátHungarian
HeratIcelandic
HeratIndonesian
HeratInterlingue
HeratIrish
Alessandria ArianaItalian
HeratItalian
ヘラートJapanese
哈烈Japanese
HeratJavanese
HeratKalaallisut
ಹೆರಾಟ್Kannada
ಹೆರಾತ್Kannada
HeratKarekare
ГератKazakh
ҺератKazakh
ҺиратKazakh
ГератKirghiz
헤라트Korean
HeratKurdish
Herat, EfxanistanKurdish
AlexandriaLatin
Alexandria ArianaLatin
AriaLatin
ArtacoanaLatin
HerātaLatvian
哈烈Literary Chinese
HeratLithuanian
HeratasLithuanian
HeratLombard
HeratMalay
Wilayah HeratMalay
HeratMalayalam
ഹെറാത്Malayalam
ഹെറാത്ത്Malayalam
HeratMaltese
HerātMaori
हेरातMarathi
هراتMazanderani
ХератMongolian
HeratNauru
हेरातNepali
HeraatNorthern Frisian
HeratNorwegian
HeratNorwegian Bokmål
HeratNorwegian Nynorsk
HeratOccitan (post 1500)
ࡄࡀࡓࡀࡕOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
HeratOromo
ГератOssetian
ਹੇਰਾਤPanjabi
آریاPersian
آریاناPersian
هراتPersian
هَریواPersian
هَرَیْوهPersian
HerātPolish
هراتPushto
HeratRomanian
ГератRussian
ХератRussian
ᱦᱮᱨᱟᱛSantali
HeratScots
ХератSerbian
HeratSerbo-Croatian
ھراتSindhi
හෙරට්Sinhala
HeratSlovenian
HaraatSomali
HeratSwahili
HeratSwedish
HeratTagalog
ГеротTajik
ҲиротTajik
ஹெறாத் நகரம்Tamil
ГератTatar
ҺәратTatar
హెరాత్Telugu
เฮรอตThai
เฮรัตThai
HeratTurkish
ھېراتUighur
ГератUkrainian
ھراتUrdu
ہراتUrdu
HeratUzbek
HirotUzbek
HeratVenetian
HeratVietnamese
Quận HiratVietnamese
HeratWaray (Philippines)
HeratWelsh
ՀերաթWestern Armenian
HeratWestern Frisian
ہراتWestern Panjabi
赫拉特Wu Chinese
赫拉特Yue Chinese
Places with the Same Name
Localities in the Area
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