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Maymana
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Maimana, also spelled as Maymana, is a city in northern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Faryab Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Maymana District and has an estimated population of 108,049 people. The city is approximately northwest of the country's capital Kabul, and is located on the Maymana River, which is a tributary of the Murghab River. The mayor of the city is Damla Mohibullah.
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Maymana is a human settlement in Afghanistan that serves as the capital of Faryab Province. Situated at an elevation of 877 meters above sea level, the city is located in the UTC+04:30 time zone. Uzbek is the official language of the settlement.
The population of Maymana is 96,000. It is twinned with Ogre. The area is described in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
Synthesized by Vinony from 38 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Open Meteo, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Place details
- Locality
- میمنه
- Region
- ولایت فاریاب / فاریاب ولایتی
- Country
- افغانستان
- Population
- 75,900
- Timezone
- Asia/Kabul
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
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- Maimana
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- Provincial capital
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- NATO Base in Maymana, Faryab, Afghanistan.jpg
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- A military base in 2011
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- Afghanistan
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- bottom
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- Location in Afghanistan
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- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Faryab
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Maymana
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Damla Mohibullah
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Land use
- Climate
- History
- Demographics
- Economy
- Transportation
- Notes
- References
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Maimana, also spelled as Maymana, is a city in northern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Faryab Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Maymana District and has an estimated population of 108,049 people. The city is approximately northwest of the country's capital Kabul, and is located on the Maymana River, which is a tributary of the Murghab River. The mayor of the city is Damla Mohibullah.
Maimana has a domestic airport, a number of bazaars, mosques, universities, public parks, hospitals, and over 16,560 dwelling units. The Afghanistan Ring Road passes through the city. The closest major cities to Maimana are Andkhoy in Faryab, Sheberghan in Jowzjan Province, and Sar-e-Pol in Sar-e-Pol Province. The city is to be connected by railroad with Herat to the southwest and Mazar-i-Sharif to the northeast.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maymana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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