Sources
Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a site - Become an editor
Wikipedia. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Are you an expert in this subject? Join the discussion and share your knowledge at Wikipedia.org.
Jalalabad
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- For the city in Kyrgyzstan, see Jalal-Abad.
- For the city in Azerbaijan, see Jalilabad.
 |
Please help improve this article or section by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page or at requests for expansion. (January 2007) |
|
Jalalabad
جلال آباد |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
  Jalalabad |
|
| Province | Nangarhar |
| Coordinates | |
| Population (2006) | 168,600 |
| Area - Elevation |
553 m (1,814 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 Kabul |
Jalālābād (Pashto/Persian: جلال آباد) is a city in eastern Afghanistan. Located at the junction of the Kabul and Kunar rivers, Jalalabad is the capital of Nangarhar province. It is linked by approximately 90 miles of highway with the city of Kabul to the west and about the same distance with Peshawar in Pakistan to the east. Jalalabad is the largest city of east Afghanistan as well as its social and business center.
Contents |
In 630 Xuan Zang, the famous Chinese Buddhist monk, arrived in Jalalabad and considered himself to have reached Hindustan. However, the modern city of Jalalabad was built by Jalal-uddin Mohammad Akbar, the third ruler of Mughal Empire.
Seraj-ul-Emarat, the residence of Amir Habibullah and King Amanullah was destroyed in 1929; the other sanctuaries however, retain vestiges of the past and offer a peaceful afternoon's crunch. The mausoleum of both rulers is enclosed by a garden facing Seraj-ul-Emart.
The Provincial Reconstruction Team of the International Security Assistance Force at Jalalabad is led by the US.
- Jalalabad is featured as a map on the PC game Battlefield 2 as "Road to Jalalabad".
 |
This article does not cite any references or sources. (December 2007) Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. |
| Twelve largest cities of Afghanistan by population |  |
|---|---|
| Kabul · Kandahar · Herat · Mazari Sharif · Kunduz · Taloqan · Jalalabad · Ghazni · Charikar · Sari Pul · Puli Khumri · Sheberghan | |
|
This Afghanistan location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |