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Tarinkot
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Tarinkot or Terinkot is a city in south-central Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Uruzgan Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Tarinkot District and has an estimated population of 127,095 people. Majority of its residents are Pashto-speaking ethnic Pashtuns. The current mayor of the city is Mawlawi Abdul Rasheed Hidayatullah.
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- Locality
- ترینکوټ
- Region
- روزگان ولايت
- Country
- افغانستان
- Population
- 10,000
- Timezone
- Asia/Kabul
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Tarinkot
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Provincial capital
- 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
- Uruzgan
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tarinkot
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Mawlawi Abdul Rasheed Hidayatullah
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2025
- Settlement.population_total
- 127095
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- 21st century
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Economy
- Education
- Sport
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Tarinkot or Terinkot is a city in south-central Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Uruzgan Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Tarinkot District and has an estimated population of 127,095 people. Majority of its residents are Pashto-speaking ethnic Pashtuns. The current mayor of the city is Mawlawi Abdul Rasheed Hidayatullah.
Tarinkot sits at above sea level, and is connected by a road network with Kandahar to the south, Nili in Daikundi Province to the north, and Malistan in Ghazni Province to the northeast.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tarinkot” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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