Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:city
|
| gptkbp:airport |
gptkb:Kandahar_International_Airport
|
| gptkbp:areaCode |
+93 (0)30
|
| gptkbp:climate |
hot semi-arid
|
| gptkbp:coordinates |
31.6289°N 65.7372°E
|
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:Afghanistan
|
| gptkbp:elevation |
1010 m
|
| gptkbp:ethnicGroup |
gptkb:Pashtun
|
| gptkbp:founded |
4th century BC
|
| gptkbp:founder |
gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
|
| gptkbp:governor |
gptkb:Haji_Mohammad_Yousuf_Wafa
|
| gptkbp:historicalEvent |
site of major battles during the Afghan War
Kandahar was the capital of the last Afghan empire under Ahmad Shah Durrani |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Kandahar, Afghanistan
|
| gptkbp:languageSpoken |
Dari
Pashto |
| gptkbp:mayor |
gptkb:Qudratullah_Zaki
|
| gptkbp:notableFor |
center of Pashtun culture
center of Taliban activity in the 1990s former capital of Afghanistan home of the Karzai family second largest city in Afghanistan site of NATO military base site of the 1880 Battle of Kandahar site of the 2001 Battle of Kandahar site of the 2006 Kandahar massacre site of the 2008 Kandahar bombing site of the 2011 Kandahar massacre site of the 2016 Kandahar bombing site of the 2017 Kandahar attack site of the 2021 Taliban offensive site of the assassination of Ahmad Wali Karzai strategic location on trade routes textile and food processing industries agricultural production (pomegranates, grapes, etc.) |
| gptkbp:notableLandmark |
gptkb:Kandahar_Citadel
gptkb:Mausoleum_of_Ahmad_Shah_Durrani gptkb:Shrine_of_the_Cloak |
| gptkbp:officialLanguage |
Pashto
|
| gptkbp:population |
614254
|
| gptkbp:populationAsOf |
2015
|
| gptkbp:postalCode |
3801
|
| gptkbp:province |
gptkb:Kandahar_Province
|
| gptkbp:region |
gptkb:Southern_Afghanistan
|
| gptkbp:sisterCity |
gptkb:Peshawar
gptkb:Quetta |
| gptkbp:timezone |
UTC+4:30
|
| gptkbp:vehicleRegistrationCode |
gptkb:KDH
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Battle_of_Kandahar
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
|