Mes Aynak
Mes Aynak, also transliterated as Mis Ainak or Mis-e-Ainak, was a major Buddhist settlement 40 km southeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, located in a barren region of Logar Province.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “مس عينک”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mes Aynak mine.
Mes Aynak mine
The Mes Aynak mine is a large copper mine located in the east of Afghanistan in Logar Province. Mes Aynak represents one of the largest copper reserve in Afghanistan and in the world having estimated reserves of 690 million tonnes of ore grading 1.65% copper. Mes Aynak mine is situated 1½ km west of Mes Aynak.Mes Aynak
- Categories: human settlement, mining region, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Muḩammad Āghah District, Logar, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.2714° or 34° 16′ 17″ north
Longitude
69.30913° or 69° 18′ 33″ east
Inception
1960
Open location code
8J6F78C5+HM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
Wikidata ID
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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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