Ghazni
Ghazni (Persian/Pashto: غزنی - Ġaznī; historically known as غزنین / Ġaznīn and غزنه / Ġazna) is a city in central-east Afghanistan. It is the capital of Ghazni Province.
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| Coordinates: 33°32′57″N 68°25′24″E / 33.54917°N 68.42333°ECoordinates: 33°32′57″N 68°25′24″E / 33.54917°N 68.42333°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Ghazni Province |
| Elevation | 2,219 m (7,280 ft) |
| Population (2018)[2] | |
| • City | 270,000 |
| • Urban | 270,000[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
Just like other cities of Afghanistan, Ghazni is very old and has seen many military invasions.
Infrastructure
Education
The city has a number of public schools.
Resources
Ghazni City is located in an area of extreme drought. In 2007, one of the gates on a fifty-year-old dam on the Jikhai River broke. This worried the people of Ghazni city about the water supply. The dam serves as a good source of irrigation water to Ghazni City and the surrounding agricultural areas.[3][4] Nearby rivers have a history of flooding and causing severe damage and death,[5] though efforts have begun to fix this.[6]
Notables from Ghazni
- Sadiq Ali Khan Tanoli (sons named Feroz Khan, Sanjay Khan, Akbar Khan (director), Indian film actors,
- Hajweri Ghaznawi
- Mahmud of Ghazni
- Sanai
- Hassan Ghaznavi
- Faiz Muhammad Katib Hazara
- Farrukhi Sistani, Manuchehri Damaghani, Abul-fazl Bayhaqi (royal poets and writers who lived during the Ghaznavids period)
Points of interest
- Citadel
- Minarets of Ghazni
- Palace of Sultan Mas'ud III
- Tomb of Sebuktigin
- Mausoleum of Sultan Mahmud
- Mausoleum of Sanai
- Museum of Islamic Art
- Tapa Sardar Excavations
Ghazni Media
A 19th-century artwork by James Atkinson showing Ghazni's citadel and the Ghazni Minarets, which were built by Mas'ud III and Bahram-Shah during the Ghaznavid era (963–1187)
View of Ghazni Citadel, 1939
People by the city gate, 1939
Artwork by James Rattray showing the Citadel of Ghazni and other historical sites, during the First Anglo-Afghan War
U.S. Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan Anthony Wayne and Ghazni's Governor Musa Khan Ahmadzai are talking to students who use Afghanistan's newest Lincoln Learning Center
A young boy and his friends play outside the Danish Centre educational facility in Ghazni City as members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni unload computers to be donated to the facility.
Jahan Maleeka School is an all-girls school which has over 5,000 students and 150 teachers.
Newly constructed gates in Ghazni
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Related pages
References and footnotes
- ↑ Afghan City Gauges Toll After Taliban Siege . Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ "The State of Afghan Cities Report 2015". Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ↑ "Ghazni's Zanakhan Dam damaged". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
- ↑ Heavy water flow damages Ghazni's Zanakhan Dam Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine Mar 15 2007, Pajhwok Afghan News
- ↑ "Jikhai River Dam burst swamps Ghazni city of Afghanistan". Pakistan Times. Archived from the original on 2005-11-04. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
- ↑ "Ghazni". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
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