Salang Pass

The Salang Pass is in on the road between and Mazar-e-Sharif. It has been in use as a trade route between central Afghanistan and the northern region known historically as for at least 4000 years.
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  • Pass with an elevation of 3,825 metres (12,549 feet)
  • Description: mountain pass in eastern Afghanistan
  • Also known as
    “Kōtale Sālang”
    “Kōtale Tōnale Sālang”
    “Kowtal-e Sālang”
    “Salang Kotal”

Salang Pass

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Latitude
35.3158° or 35° 18′ 57″ north
Longitude
69.0389° or 69° 2′ 20″ east
Open location code
8J7F828Q+8H
Geo­Names ID
1127859
Wiki­data ID
Q1194223

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Salang Pass” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ممر سالانغ”
  • Basque: “Salang mendatea”
  • Catalan: “pas de Salang”
  • Catalan: “Pas de Salang”
  • Cebuano: “Kōtal-e Sālang”
  • Chinese: “萨朗山口”
  • Czech: “Salangský průsmyk”
  • Dutch: “Salang Pass”
  • Esperanto: “Salang-pasejo”
  • French: “col de Salang”
  • French: “Col de Salang”
  • French: “Kotal-e Sālang”
  • German: “Salangpass”
  • Greek: “Πέρασμα Σαλάνγκ”
  • Hungarian: “Szálang-hágó”
  • Italian: “passo del Salang”
  • Italian: “Passo del Salang”
  • Italian: “Passo Salang”
  • Japanese: “サラン峠”
  • Latvian: “Salangas pāreja”
  • Lithuanian: “Salango perėja”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kotal-e Salang”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Salangpasset”
  • Norwegian: “Kotal-e Salang”
  • Persian: “كتل سالنگ”
  • Persian: “كوتلٔ سالنگ”
  • Persian: “گذرگاه سالنگ”
  • Persian: “گردنه سالنگ”
  • Pushto: “د سالنګ کوتل”
  • Pushto: “سالنګ کوتل”
  • Pushto: “سالنګ لويه لار”
  • Russian: “Саланг”
  • Slovenian: “Prelaz Salang”
  • Swedish: “Salangpasset”
  • Tagalog: “Salang Pass”
  • Tagalog: “Silang ng Salang”
  • Tajik: “Ағбаи Соланг”
  • Tajik: “Кутали Соланг”
  • Ukrainian: “Саланг”
  • Urdu: “درہ سالنگ”
  • Western Panjabi: “درہ سالنگ”

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