Ghurian (Ghorian) | city

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Ghurian (Ghūrīān, Ghoryan, Ġūrīān) is a city and the administrative center of Ghurian District in Herat Province, Afghanistan. It situated south of the Hari River along the Mashhad-Herat highway at 34°20′N 61°28′E / 34.34°N 61.47°E / 34.34; 61.47. It is 790 m high with a population of more than 54,000 people. There is a local TV station and a health center. Ghurian is close to the old city of Fūshanj (or Pūshang)

This town was considered to be a border town between Persia & Khurasan (Modern Afghanistan) in ancient times
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghurian
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Coordinates:   34°20'44"N   61°30'35"E
This article was last modified 12 years ago