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Chaghcharan
چغچران/فیروزکوه Firuzkoh/Firozkoh or Ahangaran | |
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City | |
 A bridge in Chaghcharan crossing the Hari Rud river | |
  Chaghcharan Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 34°31′21″N 65°15′6″E / 34.52250°N 65.25167°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Ghor |
| Established | 540-544 AD |
| Founder | Sultan Giathuddin Al-ghori |
| Elevation | 2,230 m (7,320 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• City | 150,892 |
| • Urban | 7,918 [1] |
| • Ethnicities | Pashtuns Hazaras |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
Chaghcharān (Dari/Pashto: چغچران), also called Firozkoh (Dari/Pashto: فیروزکوه), is a town and district in central Afghanistan, which serves as the capital of Ghor Province. It is located on the southern side of the Hari River, at an altitude of 2,230 m above sea level. Chaghcharan is linked by a 380 kilometres (240 mi) long highway with Herat to the west (following the south side of Paropamisus Mountains (Selseleh-ye Safīd Kūh)), and a 450 kilometres (280 mi) long highway with Kabul to the east. The town has an airport called Chaghcharan Airport.
Chaghcharan has a population of roughly 15,000 who are mostly Dari and Pashto speakers. However the recent data showed a population of 31,266 (in 2015).[2] It has 1 district and a total land area of 2,614 Hectares.[3] The total number of dwellings in the city are 3,474.[4]
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- ^ "The State of Afghan Cities report2015". Archived from the original on 2015-10-31. Retrieved 2015-10-22.