Central Jail of Kandahar
Central Jail of Kandahar is a prison in Kandahar District, Afghanistan. Central Jail of Kandahar is situated nearby to the park د حاجي عبدلله صراف حوض, as well as near the mosque Jama.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cloak of Muhammad.
Cloak of Muhammad
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Cloak of Muhammad is an Islamic relic hidden inside one of the buildings in Khirka Sharif in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The relic is a khirqa believed to have been worn by the Islamic prophet Muhammad during the Night Journey in 621 AD. Cloak of Muhammad is situated 4 km east of Central Jail of Kandahar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arghandab and Kandahar.
Arghandab
Town
Photo: PRTkand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The town of Arghandab is the center of Arghandab District in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, in the valley of Arghandab River northwest from Kandahar. It is located on at an elevation of 1,112 metres. Arghandab is situated 4 km northwest of Central Jail of Kandahar.
Kandahar
Kandahar is the capital of Kandahar province, and the largest city in Southern Afghanistan. Kandahar is also the second largest city in Afghanistan after the capital Kabul, and was the first capital of the modern state of Afghanistan in the 18th century.
Central Jail of Kandahar
- Type: Prison
- Category: government building
- Location: Kandahar District, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
31.61885° or 31° 37′ 8″ northLongitude
65.66815° or 65° 40′ 5″ eastOperator
Afghanistan’s Attorney General’s OfficeOpen location code
8J37JM99+G7OpenStreetMap ID
way 386909112OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prison
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In Other Languages
“Central Jail of Kandahar” goes by many names.
- Russian: “Центральная Тюрьма города Кандагар”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include د حاجي عبدلله صراف حوض and Jama.
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