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Kakan, Afghanistan

Coordinates: 37°12′56″N 70°20′35″E / 37.21556°N 70.34306°E / 37.21556; 70.34306
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Kakan
Kākān
Kakan is located in Afghanistan
Kakan
Kakan
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 37°12′56″N 70°20′35″E / 37.21556°N 70.34306°E / 37.21556; 70.34306
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceBadakhshan Province
DistrictArgo
Time zone+ 4.30

Kakan is a village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.[1] It lies on the northern part of the Kokcha River, roughly 25 miles northeast of Fayzabad.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2008-05-22. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  2. ^ Adamec, Ludwig W., ed. (1972). Historical and Political Gazetteer of Afghanistan. Vol. 1. Graz, Austria: Akadamische Druck-u. Verlangsanstalt. p. 45.