Kabul
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Kabul (Persian: کابل Kābol Template:IPA-fa; Template:Lang-ps Kābul Template:IPA-ps;[1] archaic Caubul), is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Afghanistan, locatit in the Kabul Province. Accordin tae the 2008 offeecial estimates, the population o Kabul metropolitan aurie is 2.8 million fowk.[2]
It is an economic an cultural centre, situatit 5,900 ft (1,800 m) abuin sea level in a narrow valley, wedged atween the Hindu Kush muntains alang the Kabul River. The ceety is linked wi Kandahar, Herat an Mazar-e Sharif via a circular hieway that stretches athort the kintra. It is an aa the stairt o the main road tae Jalalabad an further tae Peshawar, Pakistan.
[edit] Twins touns an sister ceeties
[edit] References
- ↑ Pronunciation in English varies, common are Template:IPA-en, Template:IPA-en, and Template:IPA-en. See National Review, November 20, 2002, Merriam-Webster: Kabul
- ↑ "Afghanistan Statistical Yearbook 2008/09", Central Statistics Office
