Official Name: | Langar |
Pushpin Map: | Afghanistan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Afghanistan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | + 4.30 |
Coordinates: | 36.7436°N 71.9381°W |
Elevation Ft: | 9543 |
Langar is a village in the Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province, in north-eastern Afghanistan.[1] It lies on the river Panj, opposite the larger village of Toqakhona in Tajikistan.
The place should not be confused with a seasonal settlement called Langar, also in Wakhan, on the upper Wakhan River, some 130 km east.[2]
The village lies towards the northern edge of the Hindu Kush mountain range which crosses over into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan and is at an elevation of 9543feet.
Langar is situated 1.1miles away from Romanit, 3.2miles away from Darshay, 0.8miles away from Sar Shkhawr and 1.2miles away from Shkhawr.[3]
The nearest airport is 49nmi to the north, at Khorugh in Tajikistan.[3]