Kalakan

Village in Kabul Province, Afghanistan

Place in Kabul Province, Afghanistan
34°46′51″N 69°8′55″E / 34.78083°N 69.14861°E / 34.78083; 69.14861Country AfghanistanProvinceKabul ProvinceDistrictKalakan DistrictElevation
5,280 ft (1,610 m)Time zoneUTC+4:30

Kalakan Dari: کلکان,[1] is a village located in the center of Kalakan District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan.[2]

Notable People of Kalakan

  • Habibullāh Kalakāni, Afghan revolutionary leader who deposed the Barakzai Dynasty and captured vast swathes of Afghanistan as the commander of the rebel forces during the Afghan Civil War, including the city of Kabul becoming the King and Emir of Afghanistan
  • Majid Kalakani, Afghan S.A.M.A. Maoist resistance leader in the 1980s

See also

  • Kalakan District
  • Kabul Province

References

  1. ^ "Kalakan". GEOnet Names Server. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Kalakān". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 November 2017.


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