Ghowr (Afghanistan)

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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
גור (אפגניסטן)
Name (Latin)
Ghowr (Afghanistan)
Other forms of name
Velāyat-e Ghowr (Afghanistan)
Ghor (Afghanistan)
Coordinates
65.255 65.255 34.51972222 34.51972222 (gooearth )
E0650000 E0650000 N0340000 N0340000 (geonames )
Associated country
Afghanistan
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 140803443
Wikidata: Q186392
Library of congress: n 86066476
Sources of Information
  • BGN, 11/4/86(Velāyat-e Ghowr [Ghowr=brief], 1st order admin. div., 34⁰00ʹN, 65⁰00ʹE)
  • Afghanistan Ghor Province, 2003
  • BGN gaz., Afghanistan, 1992:(Ghor Province; see Ghowr, Velāyat-e)
Wikipedia description:

Ghōr, also spelled Ghowr or Ghur (Dari: غور), is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is located in the western Hindu Kush in central Afghanistan, towards the northwest. The province contains eleven districts, encompassing hundreds of villages, and approximately 764,472 settled people. Firuzkoh (known as “Chaghcharan” until 2014) is the capital of the province.

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