Zendeh Jan

For the village in Iran, see Zendeh Jan, Iran.

Zendeh Jan زنده جان
Zendeh Jan Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 34°20′44″N 61°43′12″E / 34.34556°N 61.72000°E / 34.34556; 61.72000Coordinates: 34°20′44″N 61°43′12″E / 34.34556°N 61.72000°E / 34.34556; 61.72000
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Herat Province
District	Zendeh Jan District
Elevation	835 m (2,740 ft)
Time zone	UTC+4:30

Zinda Jan (Zindehjan, Fushanj) is a town located in the valley of the Hari River in the central part of Herat Province, Afghanistan at 34°20′44″N 61°43′54″E / 34.3456°N 61.7317°E / 34.3456; 61.7317 at 835 m altitude. It is 14 km east of Baranabad, and is the administrative seat of Zendeh Jan District. The population is 10,418 (est. 2007).^[1] Overlooking the town is the Seyyed Mohammad Khan fort (built after 1863) about 2 km to the southeast.

Notes

↑ ""Zendejān" World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on 2013-02-09.

Herat Province

Capital	Herat

Districts	Adraskan Chishti Sharif Farsi Ghoryan Gulran Guzara Hirat Injil Karukh Kohsan Kushk Kushki Kuhna Obe Pashtun Zarghun Shindand Zinda Jan

Cities	Adraskan Azizabad Baluchi Bazargan Chisht Chishti Sharif Farsi Ghurian Gulran Guzara Herat Injil Islam Qala Karukh Kohsan Kushk Kushki Kuhna Obe Pashtun Zarghun Sabzawar Shindand Towraghondi Zendeh Jan

Landmarks	Herat citadel Khwaja 'Abd Allah Ansari shrine Friday Mosque of Herat Tomb of Queen Goharshad Mousallah Complex Herat City Old Fort

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, April 05, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.