Sultan Eshkashim

Ishkashim is a border town in of , which has a population of around 12,120 people. The town serves as the capital of .
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: capital of Ishkashim District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: Ashkasham”, “Eshkashem”, “Es̄kās̄em”, “Ishkamish”, “Ishkamīsh”, “Ishkashem”, “Ishkashim”, “Ishkāshim”, “Ishkāshīm”, “Ishkashim Post”, “Ishkashim, Afghanistan”, “Iskasem”, and “Is̄kās̄em

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ishkashim.

Ishkoshim, also , is a village and a jamoat in south-east . It is the seat of in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region.

Sultan Eshkashim

Latitude
36.709° or 36° 42′ 32″ north
Longitude
71.5768° or 71° 34′ 36″ east
Elevation
2,667 metres (8,750 feet)
Open location code
8J8HPH5G+JP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1137353100
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1142457
Wiki­data ID
Q1026731
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Sultan Eshkashim” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: إشكاشم
  • Arabic: عشقاشام
  • Asturian: Eshkeshem
  • Asturian: Ishkashim
  • Bengali: আশকাশাম
  • Bulgarian: Ишкашим
  • Cebuano: Ashkāsham
  • Chinese: 伊什卡希姆
  • Dutch: Ashkasham
  • Dutch: Ishkashim
  • Egyptian Arabic: اشكاشم
  • Egyptian Arabic: عشقاشام
  • Finnish: Iškašim
  • French: Ishkashim
  • German: Ischkaschim
  • Irish: Ishkashim
  • Japanese: イシュカーシム
  • Japanese: エッシュカシェム
  • Persian: اشکاشم، افغانستان
  • Portuguese: Ashkasham
  • Portuguese: Iscaxim
  • Portuguese: Ishkashim
  • Pushto: Eshkāshem
  • Pushto: Ishkāshem
  • Pushto: اشکاشم، افغانستان
  • Russian: Ишкашим
  • Spanish: Eskasem
  • Spanish: Eskašem
  • Spanish: Eškašem
  • Swedish: Ashkasham
  • Swedish: Eshkashem
  • Swedish: Ishkashim
  • Swiss German: Eschkaschem
  • Tosk Albanian: Eschkaschem
  • Ukrainian: Ішкашим
  • Urdu: اشکاشم
  • Uzbek: Ishkashim tumani
  • Uzbek: Ishkashim

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