Samangān (Afghanistan
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Name (Hebrew)
סמנגן (אפגניסטן : פרובינציה)
Name (Latin)
Samangān (Afghanistan : Province)
Other forms of name
Velāyat-e Samangān (Afghanistan)
Coordinates
68.03936 68.03936 36.25341 36.25341 (gooearth )
E0674000 E0674000 N0360000 N0360000 (geonames )
Associated country
Afghanistan
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- BGN, 11/4/86(Velāyat-e Samangān [Samangān=brief], 1st order admin. div., 36°15ʹN, 67°40ʹE)
- BGN, Foreign Names Committee approved minutes, Feb. 24, 1998(Samangān [brief], Velāyat-e, ADM1, 36°00ʹN 67°40ʹE)
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(adm1; 36°00ʹ00ʺN 067°40ʹ00ʺE)
- BGN, 11/4/86(Velāyat-e Samangān [Samangān=brief], 1st order admin. div., 36p0s15ʹN, 67p0s40ʹE)
- BGN, Foreign Names Committee approved minutes, Feb. 24, 1998(Samangān [brief], Velāyat-e, ADM1, 36p0s00'N 67p0s40'E)
Wikipedia description:
Aybak or Aibak (Pashto, Dari: ایبک), known in ancient times as Eukratidia (Ancient Greek: Εὐκρατιδία), is a city in northern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Samangan Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Aybak District and has an estimated population of 130,409 people. As an ancient town and major Buddhist center during the 4th and 5th centuries under the then Kushan rulers, it has the ruins of that period at a place known now as Takht-e Rostam, which is located on a hill above the town. Due to its location, Aibak has been influenced by Persian, Buddhist, Islamic and Turkic peoples. In the past, it was significant because of its position on the main line of communication between Kabul and Afghan Turkestan.
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