Ismael or Ishmael ( fa, إسماعيل; ar, إسماعيل;
ISO 259-3 ''Yišmaˁel''; el, Ισμαήλ ''Ismaēl''; la, Ismael; ''ʼIsmāʻīl''), is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred t ...
in
Sangcharak District at
Sar-e Pol Province
Sar-e Pol, also spelled Sari Pul (Dari/Pashto: ), is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north of the country. It borders Ghor and Bamyan to the south, Samangan to the east, Balkh and Jowzjan to the north, and Faryab ...
of
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is border ...
.
[Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development of Afghanistan, NABDP, Development Programme of Sangcharak District](_blank)
/ref>[Mir Hosseini, Ali Naghi. (2009). "Sangcharak in Bed Time", Qum: Ishraq, P: 91.]
It is located in the northern part of Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is border ...
, near the border of Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the so ...
. It is about 2 hours drive from Mazari Sharif, which is the most prominent town in the area. It also has the closest airport near Ismael.
See also
* Sar-e Pol Province
Sar-e Pol, also spelled Sari Pul (Dari/Pashto: ), is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north of the country. It borders Ghor and Bamyan to the south, Samangan to the east, Balkh and Jowzjan to the north, and Faryab ...
References
Bibliography
* Mir Hosseini, Ali Naghi. (2009). Sangcharak in Bed Time, Vol. 1, Qum: Ishraq.
Populated places in Sar-e Pol Province
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