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Zaranj is a city and border town located in Zaranj District, Afghanistan. It serves as the capital of Nimruz Province and has historically been the capital of the Saffarid dynasty and the Saffarid State. The city is situated at an elevation of 476 meters above sea level and falls within the UTC+04:30 time zone.
With a population of 49,851, Zaranj is positioned at coordinates 30.96, 61.86. The local name for the city is زرنج.
Synthesized by Vinony from 41 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, 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
- زرنج
- Region
- ولایت نیمروز
- Country
- افغانستان
- Population
- 49,851
- Timezone
- Asia/Kabul
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Zaranj
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Provincial capital
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Afghanistan-Iran border in Zaranj, Afghanistan, 2011.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The Afghanistan side of Pul-i-Abresham border crossing in 2011
- Settlement.image_size
- 280
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Afghanistan
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Afghanistan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Nimruz
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Zaranj
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Maulvi Salahuddin Mumtaz
- Settlement.area_land_km2
- 48
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Official name
- زرنج
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Located in
- Zaranj District
- Elevation
- 476
- Time zone
- UTC+04:30
- Capital of
- Saffarid State
- Image
- Zaranj in June 2011.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Zaranj
- native label
- زرنج
- P12749
- Smolensk Oblast
via Wikidata · CC0
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3 mapped locations