Alexandria in Ariana
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Alexandria in Ariana was a city in what is now present-day Afghanistan
, one of the seventy-plus cities founded or renamed by Alexander the Great. The third largest Afghan city, Herat
, is the city's modern name.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
, one of the seventy-plus cities founded or renamed by Alexander the Great. The third largest Afghan city, Herat
Herat
Herāt is the capital of Herat province in Afghanistan. It is the third largest city of Afghanistan, with a population of about 397,456 as of 2006. It is situated in the valley of the Hari River, which flows from the mountains of central Afghanistan to the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan...
, is the city's modern name.