Kandahar
Kandahar is the capital of Kandahar province, and the largest city in Southern Afghanistan. Kandahar is also the second largest city in Afghanistan after the capital Kabul, and was the first capital of the modern state of Afghanistan in the 18th century.
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- City with about 614,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,010 metres (3,310 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code KDH
- Description: city in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
- Also known as“Candahar”“Kandagar”“Kandhar”“Qanḏahāṟ”
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Wikimedia, Public domain.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cloak of Muhammad and Kandahar Provincial Museum.
Kandahar Provincial Museum
Museum
The Kandahar Museum is a museum located in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Mosque of the Hair of the Prophet
Mosque
The Mosque of the Hair of the Prophet, also known…
Kandahar
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Latitude
31.6206° or 31° 37′ 14″ north
Longitude
65.7158° or 65° 42′ 57″ east
UN/LOCODE
AF KDH
Open location code
8J37JPC8+68
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Kandahar” goes by many names.
KandaharAlbanian
ቃንዳሃርAmharic
قندهارArabic
ԿանդագարArmenian
ԿանդահարArmenian
ՔանդահարArmenian
KandaharAsturian
QəndəharAzerbaijani
QəndəhərAzerbaijani
ҠандағарBashkir
ҠандаһарBashkir
KandaharBasque
КандагарBelarusian
কান্দাহারBengali
KandaharBosnian
КандахарBulgarian
ကန်ဒါဟာမြို့Burmese
KandahārCatalan
QandahārCatalan
KandahārCebuano
قەندەهارCentral Kurdish
坎大哈Chinese
坎達哈Chinese
堪達哈Chinese
KandaharCroatian
KándahárCzech
KandaharDanish
KendeharDimli (individual language)
KandaharDutch
قندهارEgyptian Arabic
KandaharEsperanto
KandaharoEsperanto
KandahārEstonian
QandahārEstonian
KandaharFinnish
QandaharFinnish
QuandaharFinnish
კანდაგარიGeorgian
ყანდაარიGeorgian
ΚανταχάρGreek
કંદહારGujarati
KandaharHausa
אלכסנדרופוליסHebrew
קנדאהרHebrew
קנדהארHebrew
קנדהרHebrew
कंदहारHindi
कन्दाहारHindi
कन्धारHindi
कांधारHindi
KandahárHungarian
KandaharIcelandic
KandaharIndonesian
KandaharIrish
Alessandria ArachosiaItalian
KandaharItalian
QandaharItalian
カンダハールJapanese
カンダハルJapanese
KandaharJavanese
KandaharKalaallisut
ಕಾಂದಹಾರ್Kannada
KandaharKarekare
قَنٛدھارKashmiri
ҚандағарKazakh
КандагарKirghiz
칸다하르Korean
QendeharKurdish
Alexandria apud ArachotosLatin
CandahariaLatin
KandaharLatvian
KandahāraLatvian
KandaharasLithuanian
QandaharLithuanian
KandaharLombard
КандахарMacedonian
KandaharMalay
KandaharMalayalam
കണ്ടഹാർMalayalam
കന്ദഹാർMalayalam
കാണ്ഡഹാർMalayalam
ഖണ്ഡഹാർMalayalam
ഖന്ദഹാർMalayalam
KandaharMaori
कंदाहारMarathi
قندهارMazanderani
ყანდაარიMingrelian
КандахарMongolian
KandaharNauru
कन्दाहारNepali
KandahaarNorthern Frisian
KandaharNorwegian
KandaharNorwegian Bokmål
KandaharNorwegian Nynorsk
KandaharOccitan (post 1500)
Alexandria ArachosiaOld English (ca. 450-1100)
KandaharOromo
КандагарOssetian
ਕੰਧਾਰPanjabi
قندهارPersian
كندهارPersian
KandaharPiemontese
Aleksandria w ArachozjiPolish
KandaharPolish
قندهارPushto
کندهارPushto
KandaharQuechua
KandaharRomanian
КандагарRussian
КандахарRussian
ᱠᱟᱱᱫᱟᱦᱟᱨSantali
KandaharScots
КандахарSerbian
KandaharSerbo-Croatian
قندھارSindhi
قنڌارSindhi
ڪندهارSindhi
گنڌارSindhi
කන්ඩාහර්Sinhala
KandahárSlovak
KandaharSlovenian
KandaharSomali
قندهارSouth Azerbaijani
KandaharSwahili
KandaharSwedish
QandaharSwedish
KandaharTagalog
ҚандаҳорTajik
Сафари қандиҳорTajik
கந்தஹார்Tamil
காந்தாரம்Tamil
КандагарTatar
КандаһарTatar
КәндәһарTatar
కాందహార్Telugu
กันดะฮาร์Thai
KandaharTurkish
KandeharTurkish
КандагарUkrainian
قندھارUrdu
قندہارUrdu
QandahorUzbek
KandaharVenetian
KandaharVietnamese
KandaharWaray (Philippines)
قندھارWestern Panjabi
坎大哈Wu Chinese
坎大哈Yue Chinese
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