Nili, Afghanistan

Nili
نیلی
City
A distant view of Nili in 2011
A distant view of Nili in 2011
Nili is located in Afghanistan
Nili
Nili
The location of Nili within Afghanistan
Coordinates: 33°43′N 66°7′E / 33.717°N 66.117°E / 33.717; 66.117
CountryAfghanistan
ProvinceDaykundi
DistrictNili
Elevation
2,022 m (6,634 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
30,058[1]
Time zoneUTC+4:30 (AFT)

Nili (Dari: نیلی) is a city in central Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Daykundi Province since 2004.[2] It is connected by a road network with Bamyan in neighboring Bamyan Province to the northeast and Tarinkot in Uruzgan Province to the south.[3]

Nili has a total land area of 9,022 ha (22,290 acres),[4] and a population of around 30,058 people (2022 estimate).[1] The overwhelming majority are ethnic Hazaras, with Pashto-speaking Pashtuns and others being the minority.[5]

The city, which has over 2,000 houses and businesses,[4] is within the Nili District and the Hazarajat region.[2] It sits at 2,022 m (6,634 ft) above sea level. The Nili Airport is located a few miles away from the town center known as Gul-e-Badam Square (Almond Square).

Azra Jafari, mayor of Nili and the first female mayor in Afghanistan speaks to members of the High Peace Council on April 15, 2012

Nili is an urban village in central Afghanistan in which the majority of the land is not built-up.[4][6] Barren land is the largest land use and account for 79% of total land area.[4] There are only 239 hectares of built-up land use, of which 35% is residential and 40% is vacant plots.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Nili, Afghanistan". Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Smoot was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ سفر به قلب پر تحول افغانستان: اولین پروژه‌های سرک سازی و زیربنایی در ولایت دایکندی افغانستان on YouTube (Oct. 2, 2023)
  4. ^ a b c d e "The State of Afghan Cities Report 2015". UN-Habitat. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  5. ^ ولایت دایکندی. RTA Dari. November 11, 2022. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  6. ^ شهر نو و کهنه نیلی مرکز ولایت دایکندی on YouTube (CA TV, April 2, 2021)