Langar, Badakhshan

Langar
Langar Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 36°44′37″N 71°56′17″E
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Badakhshan Province
District	Wakhan
Elevation	9,543 ft (2,909 m)
Time zone	+ 4.30

Langar is a village in the Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province, in north-eastern Afghanistan.[1] It lies on the river Panj, opposite the larger village of Toqakhona in Tajikistan.

The place should not be confused with a seasonal settlement called Langar, also in Wakhan, on the upper Wakhan River, some 130 km east.[2]

Geography

The village lies towards the northern edge of the Hindu Kush mountain range which crosses over into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan and is at an elevation of 9,543 feet (2,909 m).

Langar is situated 1.1 miles (1.8 km) away from Romanit, 3.2 miles (5.1 km) away from Darshai, 0.8 miles (1.3 km) away from Sar Shkhawr and 1.2 miles (1.9 km) away from Shkhawr.[3]

Transport

The nearest airport is 49 nautical miles (91 km) to the north, at Khorugh in Tajikistan.[3]

References

1. "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2008-05-22. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
2. Aga Khan Development Network (2010): Wakhan and the Afghan Pamir Archived 2011-01-23 at the Wayback Machine Map on p.5
3. "Maps, Weather, and Airports for Langar, Afghanistan". FallingRain Genomics. Retrieved 2009-08-27.