Kakan, Afghanistan

Kakan
Kākān
Kakan

Location in Afghanistan

Coordinates: 37°12′56″N 70°20′35″E / 37.21556°N 70.34306°E / 37.21556; 70.34306Coordinates: 37°12′56″N 70°20′35″E / 37.21556°N 70.34306°E / 37.21556; 70.34306
Country  Afghanistan
Province Badakhshan Province
Time zone + 4.30

Kakan is a village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.[1] It lies on the northern part of the Kokcha River, roughly 25 miles northeast of Fayzabad.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2008-05-22. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  2. ↑ Adamec, Ludwig W., ed. (1972). Historical and Political Gazeteer of Afghanistan. 1. Graz, Austria: Akadamische Druck-u. Verlangsanstalt. p. 45.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/20/2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.