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Herat (Afghanistan)

LC control no.n 81108322
Geographic headingHerat (Afghanistan)
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Geographic subdivision usageAfghanistan--Herat
Variant(s)Gerat (Afghanistan)
Harat (Afghanistan)
Shahr-e Herāt (Afghanistan)
Shahr-i Harāt (Afghanistan)
Hirat (Afghanistan)
Special noteOld catalog heading: Herat, Afghanistan
Found inTel. call to BGN, 8/31/81 (Herāt, ppl, 34°20ʹN, 62°12ʹE)
GEOnet, via WWW, 27 July 2005: (Herāt, ppl; 34°20ʹ49ʺN 62°11ʹ54ʺE; variant: Shahr-e Herāt)
Lippincott, 1961: (Herat or Harat; city in NW Afghanistan, on R bank of the Hari Rud, 400 mi. W of Kabul)
Hirat city map, 2003
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 34°20ʹ24ʺN 062°11ʹ24ʺE;)
Geographic area codea-af---