Kandahar

Summary

Kandahar is a city^[1]. Kandahar ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,521 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kandahar is located in Kandahar Province^[3].
• Kandahar is in the country of Afghanistan^[4].
• Kandahar's instance of is recorded as city^[5].
• Kandahar's instance of is recorded as big city^[6].
• Kandahar's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nogales^[7].
• Kandahar's twinned administrative body is recorded as Council Bluffs^[8].
• Kandahar's twinned administrative body is recorded as Herat^[9].
• Kandahar's Commons category is recorded as Kandahar^[10].
• Kandahar's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+04:30^[11].
• Kandahar's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.62068, 'lon': 65.71588}^[12].
• Kandahar's significant event is recorded as Siege of Kandahar^[13].
• Kandahar's official website is recorded as http://kandahar.gov.af^[14].
• Kandahar's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kandahar^[15].
• Kandahar's Commons gallery is recorded as کندهار^[16].
• Kandahar has a population of {'amount': '+614254'}^[17].
• Kandahar has a population of {'amount': '+361727'}^[18].
• Kandahar has a population of {'amount': '+203000'}^[19].
• Kandahar has a population of {'amount': '+226000'}^[20].
• Kandahar has a population of {'amount': '+225000'}^[21].
• Kandahar has a population of {'amount': '+130200'}^[22].
• Kandahar's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[23].
• Kandahar's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia^[24].
• Kandahar's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• Kandahar's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Kandahar's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[27].

Body

Geography

Kandahar is in the country of Afghanistan^[4]. Kandahar is located in Kandahar Province^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Kandahar covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+800'}^[28]. Kandahar sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1010'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+614254'}^[17], {'amount': '+361727'}^[18], {'amount': '+203000'}^[19], {'amount': '+226000'}^[20], {'amount': '+225000'}^[21], and {'amount': '+130200'}^[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[5] and big city^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kandahar include Kandahar International Airport^[30], an international airport^[31], in Afghanistan^[32].

Why It Matters

Kandahar ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,521 views/month).^[2] Kandahar has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Kandahar is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Kandahar include Kandahar International Airport^[30], an international airport^[31], in Afghanistan^[32].