Sar-e Pul
Sar-e-Pol, also written as Sar-i-Pul, and historically known as Anbar, is a city in northern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Sar-e-Pol Province.
Sar-e-Pol, also written as Sar-i-Pul, and historically known as Anbar, is a city in northern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Sar-e-Pol Province. The city is within the jurisdiction of Sar-e-Pol District and has an estimated population of 134,809 people (2025). Qari Abdul Vakil Moaz serves as the mayor of the city.
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Getting to Sar-e Pul
- Airports
- Mazar-i-Sharif (MZR), 127 km
- Mazar-i-Sharif → Sar-e Pul119 km · quickest by road, 3h 39m · $15–20
- Kabul → Sar-e Pul349 km · quickest by air, 9h 31m · $370–530
- Guzara → Sar-e Pul429 km · quickest by air, 12h 24m · $450–630
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Sar-e Pul
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 Sar-e Pul. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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- Ingishkahhuman settlement in Afghanistan5.8 km