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Fun fact 5 about Kandahar

Aerial view of a section of Kandahar in 2013
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Most people in Kandahar are Pashtuns, with Pashto being the most widely used language, spoken by more than 98% of the population.

Kandahar
Afghanistan
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Kandahar

Afghanistan

Country
Afghanistan
Population
614.1K
Coordinates
31.63, 65.72
416th most populous city in the world

Kandahar is a city in southern Afghanistan, serving as the capital and largest city of Kandahar Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Kandahar District and has an estimated population of 732,629 settled residents. Mullah Hekmatullah is the current mayor of the city. His predecessor was Haji Nimatullah Hassan.

From the “Demographics” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Karla Marshall · Public Domain