Kabul
Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. A crowded metropolis pressed into a basin of the Hindu Kush mountains, its bazaars, battle-scarred buildings and traffic-choked streets bear the traces of an ancient trading city, rapid urban expansion, periods of cosmopolitan ambition, and nearly half a century of war.
- City with about 5,330,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,790 metres (5,870 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code KBL
- Description: capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
- Also known as“Cabool”“Cabul”“Caubul”“Kābol”“Kaboul”“Kabura”“Kubha”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ghazi Stadium and Arg.
Arg
The Arg is the presidential palace of Afghanistan, located in Kabul.
Puli Khishti Jamia Masjid
The Pul-e Khishti Mosque is the largest mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Kabul
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Latitude
34.527° or 34° 31′ 37″ north
Longitude
69.1851° or 69° 11′ 6″ east
UN/LOCODE
AF KBL
Open location code
8J6FG5GP+Q2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Zulu—“Kabul” goes by many names.
KabulAchinese
KaboelAfrikaans
KabuliAlbanian
ካቡልAmharic
كابلArabic
كابولArabic
KabulAragonese
ՔաբուլArmenian
CaboulArpitan
KabulAsturian
काबुलAwadhi
KabilAzerbaijani
KabulBalinese
КабулBashkir
ҠабулBashkir
KabulBasque
КабулBelarusian
কাবুলBengali
KabulBetawi
KabulBosnian
KábulBrahui
KaboulBreton
КабулBulgarian
ကဘူးလ်မြို့Burmese
KabulCatalan
KabulCebuano
KabulCentral Bikol
KabulCentral Kanuri
کابولCentral Kurdish
КабулChechen
Kābù’ěrChinese
喀布尔Chinese
喀布爾Chinese
КабулChuvash
KabilCrimean Tatar
KabulCroatian
KábulCzech
KabulDanish
KabilDimli (individual language)
KabulDimli (individual language)
काबुलDotyali
KaboelDutch
KabulDutch
КабулEastern Mari
كابلEgyptian Arabic
مدينه كابلEgyptian Arabic
KabuloEsperanto
KabulEstonian
KabulExtremaduran
KabulFaroese
KabulFiji Hindi
KabulFinnish
CabulGalician
ქაბულიGeorgian
کابۊلGilaki
ΚαμπούλGreek
કાબુલGujarati
KaboulHaitian
KabulHakka Chinese
KabulHausa
קאבולHebrew
काबुलHindi
KabulHungarian
KabúlIcelandic
KabulIdo
KabulIloko
KabulInari Sami
KabulIndonesian
KabulInterlingua
KabulInterlingue
CabúlIrish
CabulItalian
KabulItalian
カーブルJapanese
カブールJapanese
KabulJavanese
KabuliKabiyè
KabulKabyle
KabulKadazan Dusun
KabulKalaallisut
ಕಾಬುಲ್Kannada
KabulKara-Kalpak
QabulKara-Kalpak
KabulKarekare
کابُلKashmiri
КабулKazakh
ទីក្រុងកាបូលKhmer
KabulKikuyu
KabulKinyarwanda
КабулKirghiz
KabulKomering
카불Korean
KabûlKurdish
KabulLadin
ຄາບູລLao
CaburaLatin
KabulaLatvian
KabulLigurian
KaboelLimburgan
KabulLingala
KabulLingua Franca Nova
KabulasLithuanian
KabulLivvi
KabulLombard
KabulLuxembourgish
KabulMacedo-Romanian
КабулMacedonian
काबुलMaithili
KabulMalagasy
KabulMalay
കാബൂൾMalayalam
KabulMaltese
ꯀꯥꯕꯨꯜManipuri
KabulManx
KabulMaori
काबुलMarathi
کابلMazanderani
کابولMazanderani
KabulMin Dong Chinese
KabulMin Nan Chinese
KabulMinangkabau
ქაბულიMingrelian
КабулMoksha
КабулMongolian
ᠻᠠᠪᠦ᠋᠋ᠯMongolian
كابولMoroccan Arabic
KabulNauru
काबुलNepali
KaabulNorthern Frisian
KabulNorthern Sami
KabulNorwegian
KabulNorwegian Bokmål
KabulNorwegian Nynorsk
KabulNovial
KabolOccitan (post 1500)
CabūlOld English (ca. 450-1100)
CaburaOld English (ca. 450-1100)
କାବୁଲOriya
КабулOssetian
ਕਾਬੁਲPanjabi
KabulPapiamento
كابلPersian
کابلPersian
KabulPiemontese
KabulPolish
کابلPushto
KawulQuechua
KabulRomanian
КабулRomanian
КабулRussia Buriat
ГаофуRussian
КабулRussian
КабураRussian
КубхаRussian
Ke’-pu-eSakizaya
ᱠᱟᱵᱩᱞSantali
KabulSardinian
KabulScots
KabulScottish Gaelic
КабулSerbian
KabulSerbo-Croatian
KabulShona
KabulSicilian
KabulSilesian
ڪابلSindhi
කාබුල්Sinhala
KabulSkolt Sami
KábulSlovak
KabulSlovenian
KabulSomali
کابولSouth Azerbaijani
ⴽⴰⴱⵓⵍStandard Moroccan Tamazight
KabulSundanese
KabulSwahili
KabulSwedish
KabulSwiss German
KabulTagalog
КобулTajik
KabulTalysh
காபூல்Tamil
КабулTatar
కాబుల్Telugu
คาบูลThai
ཁ་པུལ།Tibetan
ಕಾಬೂಲ್Tulu
KabulTumbuka
KâbilTurkish
KabulTurkmen
КабулUdmurt
كابۇلUighur
КабулUkrainian
KabulUpper Sorbian
کابلUrdu
KobulUzbek
QobulUzbek
KabulVenetian
KabulVeps
CaboolVietnamese
CabulVietnamese
CaubulVietnamese
Ka-BuVietnamese
KabulVietnamese
KabolVolapük
KabulVõro
KabulWaray (Philippines)
KabulWelsh
ՔապուլWestern Armenian
KabûlWestern Frisian
کابلWestern Panjabi
喀布尔Wu Chinese
КабулYakut
קאבולYiddish
KabulYoruba
喀布爾Yue Chinese
KabulZeeuws
i-KabulZulu
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