Map of Bāzārak, Afghanistan

Bāzārak is the administrative centre of Panjshir, Afghanistan, with a population of about 65,000. It lies at 35.3129°N, 69.5152°E. Bāzārak is about 93 km (58 mi) north of Kabul, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Charikar, 46 km to the southwest.

Bāzārak at a glance

Where is Bāzārak?

• The 14th largest city in Afghanistan by recorded population.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 46 min on the shortest day to 14 h 32 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Bāzārak

• Charikar — 46 km southwest
• Istālif — 67 km southwest
• Kabul — 93 km south
• Paghmān — 96 km southwest
• Pul-e Khumrī — 101 km northwest
• Baghlān — 117 km northwest
• Jalālābād — 130 km southeast
• Khanabad — 157 km north
• Taloqan — 158 km north
• Kunduz — 168 km north

Largest cities in Afghanistan

• Kabul — 4,434,550
• Herāt — 574,300
• Kandahār — 523,300
• Mazār-e Sharīf — 523,300
• Jalālābād — 271,900
• Kunduz — 161,902
• Ghazni — 141,000
• Balkh — 114,883
• Baghlān — 108,449
• Gardez — 103,601

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.