Mihtarlam
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Mihtarlam (Pashto, Dari: ), also spelled as Mehtarlam, is a city in eastern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Laghman Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Mehtarlam District and has an estimated population of 160,123 people.
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- Locality
- مهترلام
- Region
- لغمان ولايت
- Country
- افغانستان
- Population
- 17,345
- Timezone
- Asia/Kabul
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mihtarlam
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- prs
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Provincial capital
- Settlement.named_for
- Lamech
- Settlement.image_caption
- Clockwise from top: An alley in Mehtarlam (2005); a highway checkpoint (2005); Mehtarlam RTC (2011)
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Afghanistan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Afghanistan
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Laghman
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mehtarlam
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Maulvi Obaidullah Saqib
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- History
- Climate
- Places of interest
- Sports
- See also
- Notes
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Mihtarlam (Pashto, Dari: ), also spelled as Mehtarlam, is a city in eastern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Laghman Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Mehtarlam District and has an estimated population of 160,123 people.
The city is situated in the valley formed by the Alishang and Alingar rivers, northwest of Jalalabad. There is a road between the cities that takes about an hour to travel by car. The Laghman University is in the northern part of the city, on university road.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mihtarlam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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