Velāyat-e Herāt (Asia / Southern Asia / Afghanistan)

Velāyat-e Ghowr (Asia / Southern Asia / Afghanistan)

Geography of Afghanistan (Asia / Southern Asia / Afghanistan / Velāyat-e Ghowr)

Afghanistan is located in Central Asia and specifically upon the geologic Iranian plateau, and is 647,500km² (similar to the Australian state of New South Wales, or the Canadian province of Manitoba, and slightly smaller than the U.S.

Herat (Asia / Southern Asia / Afghanistan)

Herāt (Persian: هرات) is a city in western Afghanistan, in the valley of the Hari Rud river in the province also known as Herāt, and was traditionally known for wine. It is the third largest city of Afghanistan, with a population of 249,000 (2002 official estimate).

Meymaneh (Asia / Southern Asia / Afghanistan)

Meymaneh or Maimana (Persian: میمنه) is the capital of Faryab province, northern Afghanistan, near the Uzbekistan border. It is approximately 400 km northwest of the Afghan capital Kabul.

Herat Airfield (Asia / Southern Asia / Afghanistan / Velāyat-e Herāt)

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Band-e Amir (Asia / Southern Asia)

Band-e Amir (Persian: بند امیر, meaning "Dam of the Amir") refers to five lakes high in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Central Afghanistan near the famous Buddhas of Bamyan. They were created by the carbon dioxide rich water oozing out of the faults and fractures to deposit calcium carbonate precipitate in the form of travertine walls that today store the water of these lakes.

Latitude and longitude of cities (Asia / Southern Asia / Afghanistan / Velāyat-e Herāt)

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