Sherpur Cantonment
Sherpur Cantonment, or the British Cemetery, is located in Kabul, Afghanistan. The area was a British military camp or cantonment and the site of the 1879 Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment in the Second Anglo-Afghan War.Photo: LarkAbroad, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arg and Indira Gandhi Childrens Hospital.
Arg
Government office
Photo: U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain.
The Arg is the presidential palace of Afghanistan, located in Kabul. Since the 2021 abolition of the Afghan presidency by the Taliban, it has served as the meeting place of the Cabinet of Afghanistan. Arg is situated 2 km south of Sherpur Cantonment.
Indira Gandhi Childrens Hospital
Hospital
Indira Gandhi Children's hospital located in Kabul is a Children's hospital of Afghanistan. It was founded in 1969 with funding from the government of India. Indira Gandhi Childrens Hospital is situated 1¼ km southeast of Sherpur Cantonment.
Kabul City Centre
Shopping center
Kabul City Center is a shopping mall in Shahr-e Naw, Kabul, Afghanistan. Opened in 2005, it consists of 100 stores and a food court. It is equipped with see-through elevators and escalators and is notable for being the first building in Kabul to be equipped with functional escalators. Kabul City Centre is situated 1¼ km southwest of Sherpur Cantonment.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kabul.
Kabul
Photo: SiarFisher, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kabul has been the capital of Afghanistan since about 1776. The city was badly damaged during the various wars since 1979, particularly its western parts.
Sherpur Cantonment
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan
- Category: burial
- Location: Kabul District, Kabul, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.54269° or 34° 32′ 34″ northLongitude
69.17392° or 69° 10′ 26″ eastOpen location code
8J6FG5VF+3HOpenStreetMap ID
way 199518016OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q7495312
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Sherpur Cantonment” goes by many names.
- German: “Britischer Friedhof”
- German: “Sherpur Cantonment”
- Pushto: “شېرپور هديره”
- Russian: “Шерпур Хади”
- Spanish: “Cementerio britanico de Kabul”
- Spanish: “Cementerio británico de Kabul”
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