Ab Kolok

Ab Kolok
Village
Ab Kolok

Location in Afghanistan

Coordinates: 37°3′35″N 66°2′36″E / 37.05972°N 66.04333°E / 37.05972; 66.04333Coordinates: 37°3′35″N 66°2′36″E / 37.05972°N 66.04333°E / 37.05972; 66.04333
Country  Afghanistan
Province Jowzjan Province
District Mingajik District
Time zone + 4.30

Ab Kolok , also Ab Kuluk or Ab Kalak is a village in Mingajik District, Jowzjan Province, in northern Afghanistan. [1][2] It lies northwest of the district capital of Mingajik and Harun-e Dovvom, northeast of Alam Lek and southeast of Seyyedabad, Jowzjan.

According to the entry in the Historical and political gazetteer of Afghanistan it is located northwest of Andkhui, on the road to Karkin and is about 3 miles north of Charshangho.[3]

A small stream runs through the village running down from the village of Seyyedabad and merges with others south of the village before flowing through Aqcha.[4]

References

  1. "Afghanistan Settlements Index" (PDF/Adobe Acrobat). United Nations Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs. Retrieved 29 April 2011. mirror
  2. Geographic Names, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, accessed 28 April 2011
  3. India. Army. General Staff Branch (1979). Historical and political gazetteer of Afghanistan. Akadem. Druck- u. Verlagsanst. p. 41. ISBN 978-3-201-01089-4. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  4. "Jowzjan, Afghanistan" (PDF). United Nations. Retrieved 11 May 2011.


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