2007-01-12 17:16:12 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Kandahar or Qandahar (Pashto, Persian: قندهار) is the second largest city of Afghanistan, with a population of 316,000 people (2002 official estimates). It is the capital of Kandahar province on the Arghandab River, approximately 3,297 feet (1,005 meters) above sea level. It is linked by highways with Herat to the west, Ghazni and Kabul to the east, Tarin Kowt to the north, and Quetta in Pakistan to the south.
Kandahar is a major trading center for sheep, wool, cotton, silk, felt, food grains, fresh and dried fruit, and tobacco. The region produces fine fruits, especially pomegranates and grapes, and the city has plants for canning, drying, and packing fruit. Kandahar has an international airport and extensive road links. Together with Peshawar in Pakistan, Kandahar is the main city of ethnic Pashtuns.
Alexander the Great founded Kandahar in the 4th century BC and named it Alexandria.[1] Many empires long fought over the city, due to its strategical location along the trade routes of Southern and Central Asia. In 1748, Ahmad Shah Durrani, the founder of the Afghan Empire, made Kandahar the capital of Afghanistan.
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2007-01-12 18:30:18 · answer #1 · answered by catzpaw 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kandahar is in Afghanisthan
2007-01-12 22:41:34 · answer #2 · answered by anand v 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Afghanistan.
2007-01-16 09:43:34 · answer #3 · answered by Mark T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
kandahar is in afghanistan
2007-01-13 01:09:28 · answer #4 · answered by maussy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Afganistan
2007-01-12 21:57:21 · answer #5 · answered by dharap123 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Afghanistan, southern part
2007-01-12 17:34:56 · answer #6 · answered by skye_ozc 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
one of afghanestan's city
2007-01-12 21:49:23 · answer #7 · answered by Ojdeh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋