Parun
Sign in to saveParun or Paroon (Pashto; Dari: پارون), historically called Prasun and Prasungul, is a town in eastern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Nuristan Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Parun District and has an estimated population of 11,563 people.
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Place details
- Locality
- پارون
- Region
- نورستان ولایت
- Country
- افغانستان
- Population
- 1,000
- Timezone
- Asia/Kabul
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Parun
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ps
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Provincial capital
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Payngale ( Parun ) - panoramio (4).jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 280
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Parun in 2014
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Afghanistan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Afghanistan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Nuristan
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Parun
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.area_land_km2
- 4
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 2265
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- See also
- Notes
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Parun or Paroon (Pashto; Dari: پارون), historically called Prasun and Prasungul, is a town in eastern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Nuristan Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Parun District and has an estimated population of 11,563 people.
Parun is home to Nuristan University, which has about 400 students. The town is near the Nuristan National Park, which is one of the major tourist attractions in Afghanistan. It is surrounded by the Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakshan Province and the other districts of Nuristan. The town covers a land area of or .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Parun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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