Herat

Summary

Herat is a city^[1]. Herat has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Herat is located in Herat District^[3].
• Herat is in the country of Afghanistan^[4].
• Herat's instance of is recorded as city^[5].
• Herat's instance of is recorded as big city^[6].
• Herat's twinned administrative body is recorded as Council Bluffs^[7].
• Herat's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sabzevar^[8].
• Herat's twinned administrative body is recorded as Yazd^[9].
• Herat is part of list of World Heritage Sites in Northern and Central Asia^[10].
• Herat's Commons category is recorded as Herat^[11].
• Herat's local dialing code is recorded as 40^[12].
• Herat's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.341944, 'lon': 62.203056}^[13].
• Herat's significant event is recorded as First Herat War^[14].
• Herat's significant event is recorded as Siege of Herat^[15].
• Herat's significant event is recorded as Siege of Herat^[16].
• Herat's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Herat^[17].
• Herat's Commons gallery is recorded as Herat^[18].
• Herat has a population of {'amount': '+556205'}^[19].
• Herat has a population of {'amount': '+140323'}^[20].
• Herat's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[21].
• Herat's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia^[22].
• Herat's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• Herat's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• Herat's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[25].
• Herat's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng^[26].
• Herat's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng^[27].

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Geography

Herat is in the country of Afghanistan^[4]. Herat is located in Herat District^[3]. Herat is part of list of World Heritage Sites in Northern and Central Asia^[10].

Physical Characteristics

Herat covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+143'}^[28]. Herat sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+920'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+556205'}^[19] and {'amount': '+140323'}^[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[5] and big city^[6]. Herat's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site^[30].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Herat include Herat International Airport^[31], an international airport^[32], in Afghanistan^[33] and Herat school^[34], an art movement^[35].

Why It Matters

Herat has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Herat is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for Herat include Herat International Airport^[31], an international airport^[32], in Afghanistan^[33] and Herat school^[34], an art movement^[35].