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Pol-e Alam

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Pol-e Alam

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Also known as Pul-i-Alam

human settlement

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The entry is geolocated on the map in adm1st.

Within Vinony's link graph, Pol-e Alam is referenced by 72 other articles, and connects out to urban area, Afghanistan and Czech Republic.

It sits within the topics Logar Province, Populated places in Logar Province and Provincial capitals in Afghanistan.

Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.

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Place details

Locality
پل علم ښار
Region
لوگر ولايت
Country
افغانستان
Population
13,247
Timezone
Asia/Kabul

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Key facts

Country
Afghanistan
Province
Logar
District
Puli Alam
Type
Municipality
Elevation
1,922 m (6,306 ft)
Provincial capital
130,793
Urban
7,138
Time zone
UTC+04:30 ( Afghanistan Time )

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Wikidata facts

Official language
Pashto
Population
22914
Elevation
1922
Time zone
UTC+04:30
Image
Puli Alam.jpg
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Puli Alam
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Encyclopedic overview

Pul-i-Alam, also written as Puli Alam, Pul-e Alam or Pul-e-Alam, is a city in eastern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Logar Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Puli Alam District and has an estimated population of 130,793 people. They are mostly ethnic Pashtuns and Tajiks. The city had 2,546 dwellings in 2015.

Pul-i-Alam is connected by a major road to Kabul in the north, Gardez in the southeast and the Kabul–Kandahar Highway in Saydabad District of Maidan Wardak Province in the west. The Logar University is located around 17 km (11 mi) to the east from the center of the city.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pol-e Alam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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