Kandahar

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city

Kandahar is a historic city in southern Afghanistan that has long served as a major political, cultural, and commercial center in the region.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Kandahar canonical	64
Greater Kandahar	6
Kandahar city	2
Kandahar (historically planned)	1
Kandahar Province	1
Kandahar, Afghanistan	1
Old Kandahar	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
associatedDynasty	Durrani Empire ⓘ surface form: Durrani dynasty
associatedTribe	Pashtuns ⓘ surface form: Durrani Pashtuns
climate	semi-arid climate ⓘ
controlledBy	Taliban ⓘ surface form: Taliban (various periods)
country	Afghanistan ⓘ
economySector	agriculture ⓘ trade ⓘ transport ⓘ
foundedBy	Ahmad Shah Durrani ⓘ
foundingEra	18th century ⓘ
hasAirport	Kandahar International Airport ⓘ
hasLandmark	Kandahar Bazaar ⓘ Kandahar International Airport ⓘ Ahmad Shah Durrani mausoleum in Kandahar ⓘ surface form: Mausoleum of Ahmad Shah Durrani Shrine of the Cloak of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
hasMilitaryHistory	major center of conflict during the Afghan War (2001–2021) ⓘ
hasRole	commercial center ⓘ cultural center ⓘ political center ⓘ regional hub ⓘ
historicalRegion	Kandahar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Greater Kandahar Pashtunistan ⓘ
historicalSignificance	former capital of Afghanistan ⓘ one of the oldest known human settlements in Afghanistan ⓘ traditional center of Pashtun power ⓘ
isCapitalOf	Kandahar Province ⓘ
knownFor	grape production ⓘ pomegranate production ⓘ strategic location on trade routes ⓘ
locatedIn	Afghanistan ⓘ Kandahar Province ⓘ surface form: Kandahar District
locatedInProvince	Kandahar Province ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Southern Afghanistan ⓘ surface form: southern Afghanistan
locatedNear	Arghandab River valley ⓘ
locatedOn	Arghandab River ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup	Pashtuns ⓘ
majorLanguage	Dari ⓘ Pashto language ⓘ surface form: Pashto
nearbyMilitaryFacility	Kandahar International Airport ⓘ surface form: Kandahar Airfield
populationCharacteristic	rapid urban growth in late 20th and early 21st centuries ⓘ
religionMajority	Sunni Islam ⓘ
roadConnection	Herat ⓘ Kabul ⓘ Quetta ⓘ
timeZone	Afghanistan Time ⓘ
utcOffset	+4:30 ⓘ
wasCapitalOf	Afghanistan ⓘ Durrani Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (76)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Durrani Empire → capital → Kandahar ⓘ

Operation Herrick → location → Kandahar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar Province

Taliban → foundedInLocation → Kandahar ⓘ

Quetta → connectedByRoadTo → Kandahar ⓘ

Hamid Karzai → placeOfBirth → Kandahar ⓘ

Southern Afghanistan → historicalCenter → Kandahar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar city

Southern Afghanistan → majorCity → Kandahar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar city

Second Anglo-Afghan War → involvedRegion → Kandahar ⓘ

Anglo-Afghan Wars → involves → Kandahar ⓘ

Afghan Civil War → location → Kandahar ⓘ

Hotak dynasty → capital → Kandahar ⓘ

Hotak dynasty → controlled → Kandahar ⓘ

Ahmad Shah Durrani → burialPlace → Kandahar ⓘ

Ahmad Shah Durrani → capitalEstablishedAt → Kandahar ⓘ

Kandahar → historicalRegion → Kandahar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greater Kandahar

Alexandria in Arachosia → near → Kandahar ⓘ

Alexandria in Arachosia → successorSettlement → Kandahar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Kandahar

Zaman Shah Durrani → secondarySeatOfPower → Kandahar ⓘ

Mahmud Shah Durrani → birthPlace → Kandahar ⓘ

Shuja Shah Durrani → placeOfBirth → Kandahar ⓘ

Helmand Province, Afghanistan → partOfRegion → Kandahar ⓘ

subject surface form: Helmand Province

this entity surface form: Greater Kandahar

Mullah Mohammad Omar → tookControlOf → Kandahar ⓘ

Mullah Mohammad Omar → governedFrom → Kandahar ⓘ

Hibatullah Akhundzada → placeOfActivity → Kandahar ⓘ

Hibatullah Akhundzada → governsFrom → Kandahar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar, Afghanistan

Chaman → roadConnectionTo → Kandahar ⓘ

Chaman → locatedSouthOf → Kandahar ⓘ

Chaman → railConnectionTo → Kandahar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar (historically planned)

Quetta–Kandahar route → connectsCity → Kandahar ⓘ

Quetta–Kandahar route → endPoint → Kandahar ⓘ

European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan → fieldOfficesLocation → Kandahar ⓘ

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar → placeOfActivity → Kandahar ⓘ

Mughal–Safavid Wars → location → Kandahar ⓘ

Mughal–Safavid Wars → affectedCity → Kandahar ⓘ

Kandahar Province → capital → Kandahar ⓘ

Kandahar Province → largestCity → Kandahar ⓘ

Kandahar Province → containsCity → Kandahar ⓘ

Kandahar Province → historicalRegion → Kandahar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greater Kandahar

Lashkargah → historicalRegion → Kandahar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greater Kandahar

Lashkargah → nearbyCity → Kandahar ⓘ

Farah city → roadConnection → Kandahar ⓘ

Battle of Kandahar (1880) → location → Kandahar ⓘ

Battle of Maiwand → associatedPlace → Kandahar ⓘ

Pashtunistan → historicalCapital → Kandahar ⓘ

Hotak Empire → capital → Kandahar ⓘ

Hotak Empire → hasCapitalAtTime → Kandahar ⓘ

Hotak Empire → originRegion → Kandahar ⓘ

Mirwais Hotak → placeOfBirth → Kandahar ⓘ

Mirwais Hotak → placeOfDeath → Kandahar ⓘ

Mirwais Hotak → residence → Kandahar ⓘ