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cached 20h agoPlace details
- Locality
- اندخوی
- Region
- ولایت فاریاب / فاریاب ولایتی
- Country
- افغانستان
- Population
- 37,900
- Timezone
- Asia/Kabul
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Province
- Faryab
- District
- Andkhoy
- Elevation
- 1,037 ft (316 m)
- Total
- 47,857
- Time zone
- + 4.30
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Andkhoy (Dari: اندخوی; Pashto: اندخوی ولسوالۍ) is a city in the northern part of Afghanistan, which has a population of about 47,857 people. They include all the major ethnic groups of the country. The city serves as the capital of Andkhoy District in the Faryab Province. It is around 35 kilometres (22 mi) of driving distance southwest from the Aqina–Imamnazar border crossing between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. There is also a rail station in the city, which was recently opened for import and export purposes with neighboring Turkmenistan. The Sheberghan Airfield in neighboring Jowzjan Province is the closest airport to Andkhoy.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Andkhoy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.