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| Land Boudaries Total :
| 5,529 km .
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| Geographic Coordinates :
| arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers .
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| Area Total :
| 647,500 sq km .
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| Area Land :
| 647,500 sq km .
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| Area Water :
| 0 sq km .
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| Area Comparative :
| slightly smaller than Texas .
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| Coast Line :
| 0 km (landlocked) .
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| Railways Total :
| 21,000 km .
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| Highways Total :
| 21,000 km .
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| Waterways :
| 1,200 km .
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| Ports and Harbors :
| Kheyrabad, Shir Khan .
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Population on 21-Sep-02 : 96000
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Jalalabad is located in the west of the country, near the Uzbek border.
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Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar province with a population of 60,000 in eastern Afghanistan, near the Khyber Pass. The city dominates the entrances to the Laghman and Kunar valleys and is a leading trading center with India and Pakistan. Oranges, rice, and sugarcane grow in the fertile surrounding area, and the city has cane-processing and sugar-refining as well as papermaking industries. Jalalabad is a military center and a winter resort. It summer like weather all year round attracts many visitors. Present-day Jalalabad was the major city of the ancient Greco-Buddhist center of Gandhara. Babur, founder of the Mughal empire of India, chose the site for the modern city, which was built c.1570 by his grandson, Akbar. During the First Afghan War, British troops held (1842) Jalalabad against an Afghan siege. The Pashtuns constitute most of the population. The city has a university and medical school. The city was well known was being a resorting place for the monarchs and the aristocrats of the Monarchy. Since he city was damaged badly during the Russian invasion and the civil war. The city is turning around to rebuilt itself and become the strategic city it was before.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
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