Maimana

Maymana is the capital city of in northwestern , near the border with Turkmenistan. It is approximately 400 km northwest of the country's capital , and is located on the Maymana River, which is a tributary of the Murghab River.
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  • Type: City with 75,900 residents
  • Description: capital of Faryab Province, northwest Afghanistan
  • Also known as: Maimāna”, “Maimanah”, “Maīmanah”, “Maymana”, “Meymaneh”, and “Mimana

Maimana

Latitude
35.9209° or 35° 55′ 15″ north
Longitude
64.7837° or 64° 47′ 1″ east
Population
75,900
Elevation
877 metres (2,877 feet)
IATA airport code
MMZ
United Nations Location Code
AF MMZ
Open location code
8J76WQCM+9F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 312575332
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1133453
Wiki­data ID
Q309345
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Maimana” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ميمنه
  • Arabic: میمنه
  • Asturian: Maymana
  • Asturian: Meymaneh
  • Azerbaijani: Məymanə
  • Belarusian: Меймене
  • Belarusian: Мэймэнэ
  • Bengali: মায়মনা জেলা
  • Catalan: Maimana
  • Catalan: Maymana
  • Cebuano: Maymana (kapital sa lalawigan sa Apganistan)
  • Cebuano: Maymana
  • Chinese: 迈马纳/邁馬納
  • Chinese: 迈马纳
  • Chinese: 邁馬納
  • Czech: Majmana
  • Danish: Maymana
  • Danish: Meymaneh
  • Dutch: Maymana
  • Egyptian Arabic: میمنه
  • Esperanto: Maimana
  • Esperanto: Majmanao
  • Esperanto: Majmaneo
  • Estonian: Maimana
  • Estonian: Maymana
  • Estonian: Meymaneh
  • Finnish: Maimana
  • Finnish: Meimana
  • French: Maimana
  • French: Maïmana
  • French: Meymana
  • German: Maimana
  • German: Maymana
  • German: Meymaneh
  • Greek: Μεϊμανά
  • Greek: Μεϊμάνα
  • Gujarati: મેંમેના
  • Hausa: Maymana
  • Hebrew: מיימנה
  • Hindi: मेयमना
  • Indonesian: Maimana
  • Indonesian: Maymana, Faryab
  • Indonesian: Maymana
  • Irish: Maymana
  • Italian: Meymaneh
  • Japanese: マイーマナ
  • Japanese: メイマナ
  • Japanese: メイマネ
  • Kannada: ಮೇಮಾನಾ
  • Korean: 마야마나
  • Korean: 마이마나
  • Latvian: Majmana
  • Lithuanian: Maimana
  • Malay: Daerah Maymana
  • Malay: Maymana
  • Marathi: मायामाना
  • Moksha: Мэймэнэ
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Maimana
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Meymaneh
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Meymaneh
  • Norwegian: Maimana
  • Norwegian: Meymaneh
  • Persian: جهودان
  • Persian: شهر یهودیه
  • Persian: میمنه
  • Persian: یهودیه
  • Polish: Maimana
  • Polish: Majmana
  • Polish: Maymana
  • Portuguese: Meimané
  • Portuguese: Meymaneh
  • Pushto: ميمنه ولسوالۍ
  • Romanian: Maimana
  • Russian: Меймене
  • Sinhala: මේමනා
  • Spanish: Maimana
  • Spanish: Maymana
  • Spanish: Maymanah
  • Swedish: Maymana
  • Swedish: Maymuna
  • Swedish: Meymaneh
  • Tajik: Маймана
  • Tamil: மேமானா
  • Tamil: மைமனா
  • Tatar: Мәймәнә
  • Telugu: మెమాన
  • Thai: เมมานา
  • Turkish: Maymana
  • Turkish: Meymane
  • Turkish: Meymene
  • Ukrainian: Меймене
  • Urdu: میمنہ
  • Uzbek: Maymana
  • Vietnamese: Maymana
  • Vietnamese: Quận Maymana
  • Waray (Philippines): Maymana
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع میمنہ

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