15th District
15th District is a suburb in Kandahar District, Afghanistan. 15th District is situated nearby to the suburb 2nd District, as well as near the locality Shēr-e Surkh.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cloak of Muhammad and Mosque of the Hair of the Prophet.
Cloak of Muhammad
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Cloak of Muhammad is an Islamic relic hidden inside one of the buildings in Khirka Sharif in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The relic is a khirqa believed to have been worn by the Islamic prophet Muhammad during the Night Journey in 621 AD. Cloak of Muhammad is situated 3½ km north of 15th District.
Mosque of the Hair of the Prophet
Mosque
The Mosque of the Hair of the Prophet, also known as Jame Mui Mobarak, is a mosque located near the Kabul Bazaar, in the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Mosque of the Hair of the Prophet is situated 2½ km north of 15th District.
Kandahar Provincial Museum
Museum
The Kandahar Museum is a museum located in Kandahar, Afghanistan. It has around 1,900 artifacts. Kandahar Provincial Museum is situated 3½ km north of 15th District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kandahar and Arghandab.
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.
Arghandab
Town
Photo: PRTkand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The town of Arghandab is the center of Arghandab District in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, in the valley of Arghandab River northwest from Kandahar. It is located on at an elevation of 1,112 metres. Arghandab is situated 9 km northwest of 15th District.
15th District
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Kandahar District, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
31.59059° or 31° 35′ 26″ northLongitude
65.70134° or 65° 42′ 5″ eastOpen location code
8J37HPR2+6GOpenStreetMap ID
node 9098608454OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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