West Afghanistan
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Shahrak District

Jam

The Minaret of Jam is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in western . It is located in a remote and nearly inaccessible region of the , , next to the Hari River.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: minaret in Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Dzham”, “Jām”, “Minaret of Jam”, and “جام”
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Jam

Latitude
34.3656° or 34° 21′ 56″ north
Longitude
64.504° or 64° 30′ 15″ east
Elevation
2,092 metres (6,864 feet)
Open location code
8J669G83+7J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1610173045
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
1139676
Wiki­data ID
Q192981
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Jam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المنارة والمناطق الأثرية في جم”
  • Arabic: “مئذنة جام وبقاياها الاثرية”
  • Arabic: “مئذنة جام”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cam minarəsi”
  • Basque: “Jamgo minaretea”
  • Belarusian: “Джам”
  • Belarusian: “Джамскі мінарэт”
  • Bengali: “জামের মিনার”
  • Bosnian: “Džamska munara”
  • Bulgarian: “Джамско минаре”
  • Burmese: “ဂျမ်ရှိ ဗလီမျှော်စင်”
  • Catalan: “Djam”
  • Catalan: “minaret de Jam”
  • Catalan: “Minaret de Jam”
  • Chinese: “查姆回教寺院尖塔”
  • Chinese: “查姆回教寺院尖塔和考古遗址”
  • Chinese: “賈姆”
  • Chinese: “賈姆尖塔”
  • Chinese: “賈穆宣禮塔”
  • Chinese: “贾姆宣礼塔”
  • Chinese: “贾姆尖塔”
  • Croatian: “Džam”
  • Czech: “Minaret Džám”
  • Czech: “Minaret Jam”
  • Dagbani: “Minaret of Jam”
  • Danish: “Minareten i Jam”
  • Dutch: “Jam (Afghanistan)”
  • Dutch: “Jam”
  • Esperanto: “Minareto de Ĝam”
  • Esperanto: “Minareto de Jam”
  • Esperanto: “Minareto Jam”
  • Estonian: “Jāmi minarett”
  • Fanti: “Jam Minarɛtse”
  • Farefare: “Minaret of Jam”
  • Finnish: “Jamin minareetti”
  • French: “Djam”
  • French: “Djâm”
  • French: “Minaret de Jam”
  • French: “Minaret et vestiges archeologiques de Djam”
  • French: “Minaret et vestiges archéologiques de djam”
  • Galician: “Minarete de Jam”
  • Georgian: “ჯამის მინარეთი”
  • German: “Minarett von Dschām”
  • Greek: “Μιναρές Τζαμ”
  • Hebrew: “המינרט בג’אם”
  • Hindi: “जाम की मीनार”
  • Hindi: “जाम मीनार”
  • Hindi: “मीनार-ए-जाम”
  • Hungarian: “Dzsam minaretje”
  • Indonesian: “Situs Jam”
  • Italian: “minareto di Jam”
  • Italian: “Minareto di Jam”
  • Italian: “Minareto e resti archeologici di Jam”
  • Japanese: “ジャームのミナレット”
  • Japanese: “ジャムのミナレット”
  • Japanese: “ジャムのミナレットと考古遺跡群”
  • Javanese: “Minarèt ing Jam”
  • Javanese: “Minaret of Jam”
  • Korean: “얌의 첨탑”
  • Latvian: “Džāmas minarets”
  • Lithuanian: “Džamo minaretas”
  • Lithuanian: “Jamo Minaretas”
  • Macedonian: “Минаре Џем”
  • Maithili: “जाम मिनार”
  • Malay: “Menara Jam”
  • Malayalam: “മിനറെറ്റ് ഓഫ് ജാം”
  • Maltese: “Minaret ta‘ Jam”
  • Maltese: “Minaret ta’ Jam”
  • Mongolian: “Жамийн минарет”
  • Mossi: “Minaret of Jam”
  • Nepali: “जामको मिनार र पुरातात्विक सम्पदा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Minaret og fornminner i Jam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Minareten i Jam”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Minareten i Jam”
  • Norwegian: “Minareten i Jam”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Djam”
  • Panjabi: “ਜਮ ਮੀਨਾਰ”
  • Persian: “منار جام”
  • Polish: “Minaret w Dżam”
  • Portuguese: “Minarete de Djam”
  • Portuguese: “Minarete de Jam”
  • Portuguese: “Minarete e Ruínas Arqueológicas de Djam”
  • Portuguese: “Minarete e ruínas arqueológicas de Jam”
  • Pushto: “د جام څلی”
  • Pushto: “منار جام”
  • Russian: “Джам”
  • Russian: “Джамский минарет”
  • Russian: “Минарет в Джаме”
  • Scots: “Minaret o Jam”
  • Serbian: “Џамски минарет”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Džamski minaret”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jamski minaret”
  • Slovak: “Džámsky minaret”
  • Slovak: “Minaret Jam”
  • Slovenian: “Minaret Džam”
  • Spanish: “Minarete de Jam”
  • Swedish: “Hari Ruds minaret och fornlämningarna i Jam”
  • Swedish: “Hari Ruds minaret”
  • Swedish: “Minareten i Jam”
  • Swedish: “Minareten och fornlämningarna i Jam”
  • Tamil: “ஜாம் மினார்”
  • Thai: “หออะซานแห่งญาม”
  • Turkish: “Cam Minaresi”
  • Twi: “Minaret a ɛwɔ Jam”
  • Ukrainian: “Джамський мінарет”
  • Urdu: “مینار جام”
  • Uzbek: “Jom minorasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Minaret ở Jam”
  • Vietnamese: “Tháp giáo đường ở Jam”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Minaret han Jam”
  • Western Panjabi: “جام مینار”
  • Wu Chinese: “贾姆尖塔”
  • Yue Chinese: “查姆回教寺院尖塔”

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