Ghazi Amanullah Khan Town ( ps, غازي امان الله خان ښارګوټی) is a
planned community
A planned community, planned city, planned town, or planned settlement is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed on previously undeveloped land. This contrasts with settlements that evolve ...
located next to the
Kabul–Jalalabad Road roughly southeast of
Jalalabad
Jalalabad (; Dari/ ps, جلالآباد, ) is the fifth-largest city of Afghanistan. It has a population of about 356,274, and serves as the capital of Nangarhar Province in the eastern part of the country, about from the capital Kabul. Jala ...
in
Nangarhar Province 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 borde ...
.
The town is named after
Amanullah Khan
Ghazi Amanullah Khan (Pashto and Dari: ; 1 June 1892 – 25 April 1960) was the sovereign of Afghanistan from 1919, first as Emir and after 1926 as King, until his abdication in 1929. After the end of the Third Anglo-Afghan War in August 1 ...
, who was the modernizing
Emir of Afghanistan from 1919 to 1929. His
mausoleum
A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be cons ...
is in the city of Jalalabad.
The developers are the importing and distribution company Najeeb Zarab Limited. Construction began on vacant land in 2008 and is ongoing. Whenever the town is complete it will include shops, mosques, schools, parks and canals, all connected by broad tree-lined streets.
The developers set aside land for the construction of
Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium
Ghāzī Amānullāh International Cricket Stadium, Jalalabad ( ps, د غازي امان الله نړيوال کرکټ لوبغالی) is an international standard cricket stadium in Afghanistan. It is located in the heart of Ghazi Amanullah Town ...
, which now hosts regular cricket matches.
See also
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Nangarhar Province
References
External links
Ghazi Amanullah Khan City Nangarhar website
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Populated places in Nangarhar Province
Planned cities
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