Bagrami

Bagrami
Bagrami is located in Afghanistan
Bagrami
Bagrami
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 34°29′28″N 69°16′32″E / 34.49111°N 69.27556°E / 34.49111; 69.27556
Country Afghanistan
Elevation
5,896 ft (1,797 m)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total31,680
Time zone+ 4.30

Bagrami is a village situated in the eastern fringes of Kabul at 34°29′28″N 69°16′32″E / 34.4911°N 69.2756°E / 34.4911; 69.2756 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 from refugees escaping the violence of the Taliban insurgency in the southern provinces of Afghanistan.[1]