Bagrami | |
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Coordinates: 34°29′28″N 69°16′32″E / 34.49111°N 69.27556°E | |
Country | Afghanistan |
Elevation | 5,896 ft (1,797 m) |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 31,680 |
Time zone | + 4.30 |
Bagrami is a village on the eastern fringes of Kabul at 34°29′28″N 69°16′32″E / 34.4911°N 69.2756°E and 1797 m altitude, part of municipal District 12 and partly in District 22. The population is 31,680 (2007 calculation). Downtown Kabul can be reached in 30 minutes. The Bagrami Industrial Park is one of the major projects for the economy of the region. In 2010, the town also harboured a shanty town of mud-built huts for refugees escaping the violence of the Taliban insurgency in the southern provinces of Afghanistan.[1]