Ghazni
Ghazni
غزنی | |
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The Old City of Ghazni | |
Ghazni Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 33°32′57″N 68°25′24″E / 33.54917°N 68.42333°E | |
| Country | Afghanistan |
| Province | Ghazni Province |
| Elevation | 2,219 m (7,280 ft) |
| Population (2018)[2] | |
| • City | 270,000 |
| • Urban | 270,000[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
Ghazni (Persian/Pashto: غزنی - Ġaznī; historically known as غزنین / Ġaznīn and غزنه / Ġazna) is a city in central-east Afghanistan. It is the capital of Ghazni Province at present.
Just like other cities of Afghanistan, Ghazni is very old and has seen many historic military invasions.
Infrastructure
Education
The city has a number of public schools.
Resources
Ghazni City is located in an area of extreme drought. In 2007, one of the gates on a fifty-year-old dam on the Jikhai River broke. This worried the people of Ghazni city about the water supply. The dam serves as a good source of irrigation water to Ghazni City and the surrounding agricultural areas.[3][4] Nearby rivers have a history of flooding and causing severe damage and death,[5] though efforts have begun to fix this.[6]
Notables from Ghazni
- Sadiq Ali Khan Tanoli (sons named Feroz Khan, Sanjay Khan, Akbar Khan (director), Indian film actors,
- Hajweri Ghaznawi
- Mahmud of Ghazni
- Sanai
- Hassan Ghaznavi
- Faiz Muhammad Katib Hazara
- Farrukhi Sistani, Manuchehri Damaghani, Abul-fazl Bayhaqi (royal poets and writers who lived during the Ghaznavids period)
Points of interest
- Citadel
- Minarets of Ghazni
- Palace of Sultan Mas'ud III
- Tomb of Sebuktigin
- Mausoleum of Sultan Mahmud
- Mausoleum of Sanai
- Museum of Islamic Art
- Tapa Sardar Excavations
Related pages
References and footnotes
- ↑ Afghan City Gauges Toll After Taliban Siege . Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ "The State of Afghan Cities Report 2015". Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ↑ "Ghazni's Zanakhan Dam damaged". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
- ↑ Heavy water flow damages Ghazni's Zanakhan Dam Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine Mar 15 2007, Pajhwok Afghan News
- ↑ "Jikhai River Dam burst swamps Ghazni city of Afghanistan". Pakistan Times. Archived from the original on 2005-11-04. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
- ↑ "Ghazni". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
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