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Maidan Shar
Afghanistancity
Total population
35,008
Air quality index
Demographic figures from National Statistics and Information Authority (Afghanistan). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Maidan Shar or Maidan Shahr is a growing town in the eastern part of Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Maidan Wardak Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Maidan Shar District and has an estimated population of 50,029 people. Mawlavi Abdullah Darwish is the current mayor of the town.
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Geography
Maidan Shar is at a strategic location, which connects by road Kabul with Bamyan and Ghazni. It is within the larger Maidan Shar District and sits at an elevation of approximately above sea level. The town is located in the northeastern part of Wardak Province. It is surrounded by the Arghandeh and Paghman mountains of Kabul Province, and the Jalrez and Nirkh districts of Wardak Province. It consists of 59 main villages and 1 sub-village. Maidan Shar is described as an urban village located west of Kabul. Majority of the land is not occupied or utilized, with barren land and vacant plots combining for about 81% of total land use. Institutional land is the second largest built-up land use (22%). Residential dwellings are concentrated in Districts 1 and 2. Maidan Shar features a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen climate classification. It has warm, dry summers and cold, snowy winters. The average temperature in Maidan Shar is , while the annual precipitation averages . July is the warmest month of the year, with an average temperature of . The coldest month, January, has an average temperature of .
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4 — 2026-01-132 km WNW of Jabal os Saraj, Afghanistan
- M 4.1 — 2025-07-0244 km W of Charikar, Afghanistan
- M 4.2 — 2025-05-1926 km NW of Paghmān, Afghanistan
- M 4.2 — 2024-11-1014 km SSE of Ḩukūmatī Azrah, Afghanistan
- M 4.4 — 2024-05-017 km NNE of Jabal os Saraj, Afghanistan
- M 4.3 — 2024-04-0523 km W of Ḩukūmatī Azrah, Afghanistan
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Afghanistan
- Hajjiabad, Taybad455.4 mi away
- Kariz458 mi away · pop. 11,000
- Taybad460.7 mi away · pop. 58,000
- Torbat-e Jam470.8 mi away · pop. 95,000
- Mazdavand485.5 mi away · pop. 2,000
- Zabol487.3 mi away · pop. 140,000
- Bakharz487.3 mi away · pop. 9,000
- Bazangan492.9 mi away
- Khargerd494.7 mi away
- Nashtifan495 mi away · pop. 8,000
- Khaf496.6 mi away · pop. 30,000
- Rezdab497.9 mi away
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Maidan Shar
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Maidan Shar, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library