Kabul

Afghanistan

Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is within the jurisdiction of Kabul District and has an estimated population of 5,333,284 people. Located in the eastern half of the country, forming part of the Kabul Province, the city is administratively divided into five zones and 22 municipal districts. The current mayor of the city is Mawlawi Abdul Rashid.

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Country: Afghanistan
Population: 3,277,000
Latitude: 34.52° N
Longitude: 69.18° E

Which way is Kabul from…

From Paris, Kabul lies at 80° to the east, 5,582 km as the crow flies.

Paris	80° east	5,582 km
London	81° east	5,709 km
New York	30° north-east	10,841 km
Madrid	71° east	6,282 km
Rome	80° east	4,930 km
Montreal	30° north-east	10,361 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	14° north	6,329 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

North of Kabul, two capitals follow each other due north: Dushanbe at 451 km, then Tashkent at 756 km. From London, a flat map would point to 109°, south of east; the compass says 81°, north of east, for 5,709 km. From New York the gap reaches 63°: the compass reads 30°, north-east, over southern Greenland, Finland and Russia. Islamabad lies 378 km to the east.