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Kabul Coordinates

Kabul Province, Afghanistan · Elevation 1,791m

Quick answer: Kabul is located at 34.555300, 69.207500 (N, E).

Different tools require different formats — Garmin devices default to DDM, military maps use MGRS, topo maps use UTM, and web apps expect Decimal Degrees. Copy whichever format your device or application needs. Click any format abbreviation to learn how it works.

All Coordinate Formats

DD

Decimal Degrees

34.555300, 69.207500
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

34°33'19.08"N 69°12'27.00"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

34°33.3180'N 69°12.4500'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

42S 519037 3823749
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

42SWD1903723749
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

tw1hwfe75
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8J6FH644+5Q

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from Kabul. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

-34.555300, 69.207500

Hemisphere: S, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

-34.555300, 69.207500
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

34°33'19.08"S 69°12'27.00"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

34°33.3180'S 69°12.4500'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

42H 519037 6176251
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

42HWG1903776251
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

m9c5qv7kg
Plus Code

Open Location Code

4JQFC6V4+X9

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 42SWD1903723749 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 42 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 42 runs 66° to 72° longitude.
Latitude Band S One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square WD A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter W (west–east) and row letter D (south–north).
Easting 19037 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 23749 Distance north within the 100 km square. Same resolution as easting (10 m).

Geohash Precision

A geohash encodes coordinates by subdividing the Earth into progressively smaller cells. Each extra character roughly halves the cell area. The table below shows Kabul's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
t
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
tw
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
tw1
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
tw1h
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
tw1hw
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
tw1hwf
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
tw1hwfe
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
tw1hwfe7
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
tw1hwfe75
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

Precision 9 (highlighted) is the default and provides sub-5-metre accuracy for most applications.

About Kabul

Capital of Afghanistan, one of the oldest cities in the world at 1,791 m in the Hindu Kush mountains.

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DD

34.555300, 69.207500

DMS

34°33'19.08"N 69°12'27.00"E

DDM

34°33.3180'N 69°12.4500'E

UTM

42S 519037 3823749

MGRS

42SWD1903723749

GH

tw1hwfe75

OLC

8J6FH644+5Q

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