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Aqcha or Akcha (Pashto; Dari: آقچه), is a city in northern Afghanistan. It is located approximately east of Sheberghan and west of Mazar-i-Sharif. It serves as the center of the Aqcha District of Afghanistan's Jowzjan Province. The town is situated a few kilometers north of the main Sheberghan-Mazar-i-Sharif road called Aqyol (meaning White Road in most Turkic languages).

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Place details

Locality
آقچه
Region
ولایت جوزجان / جوزجان ولایتی
Country
افغانستان
Population
0
Timezone
Asia/Kabul

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Aqcha
Settlement.native_name
آقچه
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.image_skyline
Great honey melons in Aqcha.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
A shop in Aqcha
Settlement.pushpin_map
Afghanistan
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bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Afghanistan
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Jowzjan Province
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_total
1012000
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Ethnicities
Settlement.population_blank2_title
Religions
Settlement.timezone
UTC+4:30
Settlement.elevation_m
283

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Population
29380
Elevation
283
Image
Great honey melons in Aqcha.jpg
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native label
آقچه
Commons category
Aqcha
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Aqcha or Akcha (Pashto; Dari: آقچه), is a city in northern Afghanistan. It is located approximately east of Sheberghan and west of Mazar-i-Sharif. It serves as the center of the Aqcha District of Afghanistan's Jowzjan Province. The town is situated a few kilometers north of the main Sheberghan-Mazar-i-Sharif road called Aqyol (meaning White Road in most Turkic languages).

The population of the town is around 1,012,000 people, the majority of which consists mostly of ethnic Turkmens and Uzbeks.

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