Kabul District
Kabul District is one of the 15 districts of Kabul Province in the eastern part of Afghanistan.
Kabul District is one of the 15 districts of Kabul Province in the eastern part of Afghanistan. It encompasses Kabul, which is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. The district has an estimated population of 5,333,284 people. They belong to all ethnic groups of Afghanistan, and Dari and Pashto are their main languages. Mawlawi Abdul Rashid is the current mayor of the district.
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Worth seeing in and around Kabul District
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Kabul University
Kabul University is a university located in Kabul province, Afghanistan. It is in the 3rd District of the capital Kabul near the Ministry of Higher Education.
2 km · university in Afghanistan · Wikipedia - 02Gardens of Babur
The Gardens of Babur, is a historic site in District 5 of Kabul, Afghanistan. It is located in the Guzargah neighborhood, with the Sher Darwaza mountain being to the east, Chihil Sutun to the south, and the Kabul Zoo to the northwest.
1.8 km · park in Kabul, Afghanistan · Wikipedia - 03Arg
The Arg is the presidential palace of Afghanistan, located in Kabul. Since the 2021 abolition of the Afghan presidency by the Taliban, it has served as the meeting place of the Cabinet of Afghanistan.
2.8 km · presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan · Wikipedia - 04Pul-e Khishti Mosque
The Pul-e Khishti Mosque is the largest mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. Located in the center of old Kabul, the Pul-e Khishti Mosque can be identified by its large blue dome.
2.8 km · mosque in Afghanistan · Wikipedia - 05Abdul Rahman Mosque
The Abdul Rahman Mosque, also known as the Grand Mosque of Kabul, is a Sunni Congregational mosque, located in the central commercial area of Deh Afghanan, in Kabul, Afghanistan. One of the largest mosques in Afghanistan, it is located in one of Kabul's central commercial areas called Deh Afghanan, near the Pashtunistan Square, Zarnegar Park, near the once popular Plaza Hotel.
2.3 km · mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan · Wikipedia - 06Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque
The Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque, is a yellow two-story mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. The mosque is situated in District 2, on Andarabi Road, just off the Kabul River and the Shah-Do Shamshira bridge in the center of the city.
2 km · mosque in Afghanistan · Wikipedia - 07Id Gah Mosque
The Eidgah Mosque; also spelled as the Id Gah Mosque, is a Sunni mosque located in Kabul, Afghanistan. It is located to the southeast of the affluent Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood, near the Ghazi Stadium and Chaman-e-Hozori.
3.7 km · mosque in Afghanistan · Wikipedia - 08Kabul Zoo
The Kabul Zoo is located in Kabul, Afghanistan, on the bank of the Kabul River and adjacent to the Deh Mazang Circle. Its public entrance is on Asmayi Road across from the Kabul Traffic Police Headquarters.
900 m · zoo · Wikipedia - 09Kabul Polytechnic University
The Kabul Polytechnic University is one of the major public universities in Kabul, Afghanistan. Established in 1963 on a 72 ha of land to the east of Bagh-e Bala Palace, it became one of the largest and well-known higher education institutions in the country.
3.4 km · university in Afghanistan · Wikipedia - 10mount Asmai
The Koh-e Asamai is a mountain located directly to the west of downtown Kabul, Afghanistan at an elevation of 2,126 metres. It is known colloquially as the Television Hill due to the large TV mast and antennas at its summit.
500 m · Afghan mountain · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kabul District
- Airports
- Kabul (KBL), 8 km · Bacha Khan (PEW), 225 km · Mazar-i-Sharif (MZR), 300 km
- Mazar-i-Sharif → Kabul District306 km · quickest by air, 3h 58m · $140–210
- Kandahar → Kabul District455 km · quickest by air, 4h 41m · $170–260
- Guzara → Kabul District656 km · quickest by air, 5h 10m · $210–310
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kabul District
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kabul District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inCoaches from reputable companies are reasonably modern and comfortable, although rather slow compared to shared taxis.
- Get inMinibuses and shared taxis arrive and depart from six official locations around the city.
- Get inShared taxis and most minibuses leave when full rather than on fixed schedules.
- Get inShared taxis have no particular appearance of their own – they look the same as city taxis (i.e.
- Get inIf you'd prefer this, try to discern the going per-seat rate for shared taxis to your destination, multiply it by the number of seats, and then negotiate a discount.
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Next door to Kabul District
Kabul District is 2 km from Kabul, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kabulcapital and the largest city of Afghanistan2.3 km
- Wazir Akbar Khānneighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan3.8 km
- Afshar districtneighborhood of Kabul in Afghanistan3.6 km
- Kārte Sehneighborhood of Kabul in Afghanistan2.4 km
- Chindawolneighborhood of Kabul in Kabul Province, Afghanistan2.4 km