Kalakan

For other uses, see Kalakan (disambiguation).

Kalakan
Kalakan Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 34°46′51″N 69°8′55″E
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Kabul Province
District	Kalakan District
Elevation	5,280 ft (1,610 m)
Time zone	UTC+4:30

Kalakan Dari: کلکان,[1] is a village located in the center of Kalakan District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan.[2]

Notable People of Kalakan

• Habibullāh Kalakāni, Afghan revolutionary leader who deposed the Barakzai Dynasty and captured vast swathes of Afghanistan, including the city of Kabul, as the commander of the rebel forces during the 1928-1929 Afghan Civil War, becoming the King and Emir of Afghanistan
• Majid Kalakani, Afghan S.A.M.A. Maoist resistance leader in the 1980s

See also

• Kalakan District
• Kabul Province

References

1. "Kalakan". GEOnet Names Server. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
2. "Kalakān". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 November 2017.