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Alexandria in the Caucasus

Alexandria in the Caucasus was a colony of Alexander the Great. It was one of many colonies designated with the name "Alexandria". He founded the colony at an important junction of communications in the southern foothills of the mountains, in the country of the Paropamisadae.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: colony of Alexander the Great on the Hindu-Kush mountains
  • Also known as: “Alexandria on the Caucasus” and “Alexandria pròs Kaukásōi”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bagram.

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is a town and seat in in of , about 60 kilometers north of the capital . It is the site of an ancient city located at the junction of the Ghorband and , near today's city of , Afghanistan.

Alexandria in the Caucasus

Latitude
34.99257° or 34° 59′ 33″ north
Longitude
69.31052° or 69° 18′ 38″ east
Open location code
8J6FX8V6+26
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10920136479
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q2005166
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Alexandria in the Caucasus” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἀλεξάνδρεια”
  • Armenian: “Կովկասի Ալեքսանդրիա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qafqaz İsgəndəriyyəsi”
  • Catalan: “Alexandria del Caucas”
  • Catalan: “Alexandria Paropamisos”
  • Chinese: “高加索的亚历山卓”
  • Chinese: “高加索的亚历山德里亚”
  • Chinese: “高加索的亞歷山卓”
  • Dutch: “Alexandria on the Caucasus”
  • Esperanto: “Aleksandrio ĉe Kaŭkazo”
  • Finnish: “Aleksandreia (Kaukasos)”
  • Finnish: “Aleksandreia”
  • French: “Alexandrie du Caucase”
  • German: “Alexandria ad Caucasum”
  • German: “Alexandria am Hindukusch”
  • German: “Alexandria am Kaukasus”
  • Greek: “Αλεξάνδρεια η εν Παροπαμισσάδαις”
  • Greek: “Αλεξάνδρεια η του Καυκάσου”
  • Greek: “Αλεξάνδρεια στον Καύκασο”
  • Italian: “Alessandria del Caucaso”
  • Japanese: “カフカスのアレクサンドリア”
  • Japanese: “コーカサスのアレクサンドリア”
  • Latin: “Alexandrea ad Caucasum”
  • Latin: “Alexandria Caucasica”
  • Marathi: “अलेक्झांड्रिया, कॉकेशस”
  • Marathi: “अलेक्झांड्रिया”
  • Persian: “اسکندریه قفقاز”
  • Polish: “Aleksandria Kaukaska”
  • Russian: “Александрия Кавказская”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Aleksandrija na Kavkazu”
  • Slovenian: “Aleksandrija na Kavkazu”
  • Tajik: “Искандарияи Қафқоз”
  • Ukrainian: “Александрія Кавказька”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Alexandria in the Caucasus”. Photo: Artacoana, CC BY-SA 3.0.