Herat
Herat is a big, relatively wealthy city in western Afghanistan. Herat is the third largest city in Afghanistan, located in the western part of the country, close to the border with Iran.
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Herat
- Location: West Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
- Population: 436,000
- IATA airport code: HEA
- United Nations Location Code: AF HEA
- Latitude: 34.3482° or 34° 20' 53.4" north
- Longitude: 62.1997° or 62° 11' 58.8" east
- Elevation: 927 meters (3041 feet)
- GeoNames ID: 1140026
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Other Names for Herat
- Arabic: هراة
- Belarusian: Герат
- Bulgarian: Херат
- Catalan: Herat
- Chinese: 赫拉特
- Chuvash: Герат
- Dutch: Herat
- Finnish: Herat
- French: Hérat
- German: Herat
- Italian: Herat
- Japanese: ヘラート
- Norwegian: Herat
- Polish: Herat
- Portuguese: Herat
- Russian: Герат
- Serbian: Херат
- Slovenian: Herat
- Spanish: Herāt
- Swedish: Herat
- Gerat
- Shahr-e Herāt
- هرات
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