Wazir Abad
Wazir Abad is a suburb in Kabul District, Afghanistan. Wazir Abad is situated nearby to the suburb 4th District, as well as near Hisa-i-Duwumi Taymani.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kabul City Centre and Shar-i-Naw Park.
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 3½ km southeast of Wazir Abad.
Shar-i-Naw Park
Park
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The Shahr-e Naw Park, also known as Pārk-e Shahr-e Naw, is the largest public park in the affluent Shahr-e Naw neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan. It is one of several original open-space parks planned by Afghan kings during the 19th century. Shar-i-Naw Park is situated 3½ km southeast of Wazir Abad.
Sherpur Cantonment
Cemetery
Photo: LarkAbroad, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Sherpur Cantonment is situated 3 km southeast of Wazir Abad.
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.
Wazir Abad
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Kabul District, Kabul, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.55856° or 34° 33′ 31″ northLongitude
69.14822° or 69° 8′ 54″ eastOpen location code
8J6FH45X+C7OpenStreetMap ID
way 607634513OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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