Herat, also written as Harat or Hirat and historically known as Haraiva, Horeiva and Hires, is a major city in western Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Herat Province and the Herat District. It has an estimated population of 673,273 settled residents, making it the largest city in the province and the third-largest city in Afghanistan. As the gateway to Iran and Turkmenistan, the city collects billions of dollars in customs revenue for Afghanistan, and the roads from Herat to both neighboring countries are strategically important.
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Area (sq km) Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone In the Other Atlases
Origin Of
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Site Of
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Source Jami (Wikipedia)Article textQuote, Article text
A few years after his birth, his family migrated to Herat, where he was able to study Peripateticism, mathematics, Persian literature, natural sciences, Arabic language, logic, rhetoric, and Islamic philosophy at the Nizamiyya (higher education institution).
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1. Herat, Wikipedia
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Herat, also written as Harat or Hirat, and historically known as Haraiva, Horeiva and Hires, is a major city in western Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Herat Province and the Herat District. With an estimated population of 673,273 settled residents, it is the largest city in the province and the third-largest city of Afghanistan.
Infobox: area_land_km2
182
Infobox, Elevation
920 m (3,020 ft)
Infobox, Coordinates latitude
34°20′31″N 62°12′11″E / 34.34194°N 62.20306°E
Infobox, Coordinates longitude
34°20′31″N 62°12′11″E / 34.34194°N 62.20306°E
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source2. GeoNames: Herāt - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevationQuote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 927 m
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 34.25, 62.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 34.25, 62.25
34.25 62.25 BSk
4. GeoNames: Herāt - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1140026Quote, cities500 record 1140026
34.34817 62.19967 P PPLA AF 11 2001 574300 927 Asia/Kabul
Wikidata: Herat
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