Mes Aynak

Mes Aynak, also transliterated as Mis Ainak or Mis-e-Ainak, was a major Buddhist settlement 40 km southeast of , , located in a barren region of .
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Jerome Starkey (journalist), CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Archaeological site
  • …is also known as “مس عينک”
  • …dates from 1960
  • Description: human settlement

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mes Aynak mine.
The is a large copper mine located in the east of in . is situated 1½ km west of Mes Aynak.

Mes Aynak

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Latitude
34.2714° or 34° 16′ 17″ north
Longitude
69.30913° or 69° 18′ 33″ east
Open location code
8J6F78C5+HM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1072277404
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q721468

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Mes Aynak” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Mes Aynak”
  • Arabic: “منجم أيناك”
  • Bengali: “মেস আইনাক”
  • Catalan: “Mes Aynak”
  • Cebuano: “Mes Aynak”
  • Chinese: “梅斯·艾纳克”
  • Dutch: “Mes Aynak”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “منجم ايناك”
  • Finnish: “Mes Aynak”
  • French: “Mes Aynak”
  • German: “Mes Aynak”
  • Hebrew: “מס עיינאכ”
  • Hungarian: “Mesz Ajnak”
  • Italian: “Mes Aynak”
  • Japanese: “メス・アイナク”
  • Japanese: “メス・アイナック”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mes Aynak”
  • Norwegian: “Mes Aynak”
  • Persian: “مس‌عینک”
  • Polish: “Mes Aynak”
  • Pushto: “د عينكو مس”
  • Pushto: “د عینکو د مسو کان”
  • Pushto: “عينک د تامبې کان”
  • Pushto: “عينک د مېسو کان”
  • Russian: “Мес Айнак”
  • Sinhala: “මෙස් අයිනක්”
  • Spanish: “Mes Aynak”
  • Swedish: “Mes Aynak”
  • Tamil: “மெஸ் ஐநாக்”
  • Thai: “เมส เอย์แนก”
  • Thai: “เมส ไอนัค”
  • Thai: “เมสไอนัค”
  • Urdu: “مس عینک”

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