Qarqin
Sign in to saveQarqin (, ) is a town located in the northern part of Qarqin District, Jowzjan Province, Afghanistan at at 249 m altitude on the southern bank of the Amu Darya River, near the border of Turkmenistan. Qarqin is the center of Qarqin District.
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- Locality
- قرقین
- Region
- ولایت جوزجان / جوزجان ولایتی
- Country
- افغانستان
- Population
- 15,018
- Timezone
- Asia/Kabul
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Qarqin (, ) is a town located in the northern part of Qarqin District, Jowzjan Province, Afghanistan at at 249 m altitude on the southern bank of the Amu Darya River, near the border of Turkmenistan. Qarqin is the center of Qarqin District.
The population is about 16,500 people.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Qarqin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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