Kabul
Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan.
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Pashto: کابل | |||||||
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| Coordinates: 34°32′N 69°10′E / 34.533°N 69.167°ECoordinates: 34°32′N 69°10′E / 34.533°N 69.167°E | |||||||
| Country |  Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | ||||||
| Province | Kabul | ||||||
| No. of districts | 22 | ||||||
| Capital formation | 1776 | ||||||
| Government | |||||||
| • Type | Municipality | ||||||
| • Mayor | Abdullah Habibzai | ||||||
| Area | |||||||
| • Total | 1,023 km2 (395 sq mi) | ||||||
| Elevation | 1,791 m (5,876 ft) | ||||||
| Population (2015) | |||||||
| • Total | 4,635,000 | ||||||
| • Density | 4,530.8/km2 (11,735/sq mi) | ||||||
| Kabul urban agglomeration | |||||||
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Standard Time) | ||||||
| Postal code | 100X, 101X, 105X, 106X | ||||||
| Climate | BSk | ||||||
| Website | km | ||||||
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According to a 2012 estimate, the population of the city was around 3,289,000.[1] Ths includes Tajiks, Pashtuns, Hazaras and some other smaller ethnic groups.[2] It is the 64th largest and the 5th fastest growing city in the world.[3][4]
It is 1,800 meters, or 5,900 feet above-sea-level. Kabul is over 3,500 years old.
Districts
The city of Kabul is inside Kabul District - a district of Kabul Province. The city is also a municipality (shārwāli) - because it is also capital of a province; That municipality is divided into 22 administrative districts called municipal districts or city districts (nāhia); These districts (are the same, or) coincide with the official Police Districts (PD).[5]
Kabul Media
Map of the Kushan Empire
Buddha statue at the museum in Kabul, early 1st millennium
Map showing names of the regions during the 7th century.
Old painting showing the Great Wall of Kabul
Shujah Shah Durrani, the last Durrani King, sitting at his court inside the Bala Hissar
Chihil Sutun Palace (also known as "Hendaki"), one of numerous palaces built by the Emir in the 19th century
Etching of Kabul by an Italian artist, 1885
Dilkusha Palace, built in European style in the 1900s
The river bank in the centre of Kabul in the 1960s
Related pages
- Kabul Province
- Wahida Amiri, Afghan activist
References
- ↑ Afghanistan Statistical Yearbook 2012/13, Central Statistics Office Afghanistan. [1] Archived 2013-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "2003 National Geographic Population Map" (PDF). Thomas Gouttierre, Center For Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Matthew S. Baker, Stratfor. National Geographic Society. November 2003. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
- ↑ "Largest cities in the world and their mayors - 1 to 150". City Mayors. 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
- ↑ "World's fastest growing urban areas (1)". City Mayors. 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
- ↑ Foschini, Fabrizio. "A geographical guide to a metropolis in the making" (PDF). www.afghanistan-analysts.org.
