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Encyclopedia > Taloqan

Coordinates: 36.73° N 69.53° E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Taloqan

Taloqan
Province Takhar
Coordinates 36.73° N 69.53° E
Population (2006) 196,400
Area
Time zone GMT+04:30 Kabul (UTC)

Taloqan (Persian: تالقان) is the capital of Takhar Province, in Afghanistan. Its population is estimated as 196,400 in 2006. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Afghanistan consists of 34 provinces, or velayat: Badakhshan Badghis Baghlan Balkh Bamiyan Daikondi - established March 28, 2004 Farah Faryab Ghazni Ghowr Helmand Herat Jowzjan Kabul Kandahar Kapisa Khost Konar Kondoz Laghman Lowgar Nangarhar Nimruz Nurestan Oruzgan Paktia Paktika Panjshir - established April 13, 2004 Parvan Samangan Sar-e Pol Takhar Vardak... Takhar (Persian: تخار) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... ... Persian (Local names: فارسی Fârsi or پارسی Pârsi)* is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan as well as by minorities in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, India, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... Takhar (Persian: تخار) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...


Reference

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Twelve largest cities of Afghanistan by population Flag of Afghanistan
Kabul  · Kandahar  · Herat  · Mazari Sharif  · Qunduz  · Taluqan  · Puli Khumri  · Jalalabad  · Charikar  · Sheberghan  · Ghazni  · Sari Pul

Taloqan is not a persian word it is turkish or some othar but definatly it is not persian The following are politically, geographically or economically important places, many of which are cities, of Afghanistan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Afghanistan. ... For other places with the same name, see Kabul (disambiguation). ... This article is about the city in Afghanistan. ... Herāt (Persian: ‎ ) is a city in western Afghanistan, in the province also known as Herāt. ... Mazari Sharif, also known as Mazar-i Sharif or Mazār-e Sharīf (Persian: ‎ ), is the fourth largest city of Afghanistan, with population of 300,600 people (2006 official estimate). ... President Celal Bayar, King Zahir and Lord Serwar Nasher inspecting the once world-renown cotton of Kunduz Spinzar factory Kunduz (قندوز) is a city in Afghanistan; the name has also sometimes been rendered as Kûnduz, Qonduz, Qondûz, Konduz, Kondûz, Kondoz, or Qhunduz. ... Puli Khumri (or Pul-i-Kumri) (Persian: پل خمری) is a city in Afghanistan. ... Jalalabad (Persian: Jalālābād, 34°31′N 70°31′E) is the capital of Nangarhar province in Afghanistan, 150 km east of Kabul near the Khyber Pass and west of the Kunar River. ... Capital of Parvan one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. ... Sheberghan (also spelled Shebirghan and Shibarghan) is the capital city of the northern Jowzjan Province in Afghanistan. ... Ghazni (Persian: غزنی , Ğaznī) is a city in eastern Afghanistan, with an estimated population of 149,998 people. ... Sar-e Pol (Persian: سر پل) is the capital city of the province of Sar-e Pol in Afghanistan. ...


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The three had been on a mission to convince several Taliban leaders to defect when they were captured, then tried for treason and espionage.
9 Northern Alliance forces, with help of U.S. air support, take cities of Mazar-i-Sharif and Taloqan from the Taliban.
11 Three international journalists are killed near Taloqan in a Taliban ambush.
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