Gardez Airport د ګردېز هوایي ډګر | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Gardez | ||||||||||
| Location |  Afghanistan | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 7,790 ft / 2,374 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°37′54″N069°14′21″E / 33.63167°N 69.23917°E Coordinates: 33°37′54″N069°14′21″E / 33.63167°N 69.23917°E | ||||||||||
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  GRG Location of Gardez Airport in Afghanistan | |||||||||||
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Gardez Airport( IATA : GRG, ICAO : OAGZ) is a public use airport located near Gardez, Paktia, Afghanistan. [3] [4]
Transport in Afghanistan has steadily improved in the last decade. Much of the nation's road network was built during the 1960s but left to ruin during the 1980s and 90s wars. New national highways, roads, and bridges have been rebuilt in the last decade to help increase travel as well as trade with neighboring countries. In 2008, there were about 700,000 vehicles registered in Kabul.
Gardez is the capital of the Paktia Province of Afghanistan. The population of the city was estimated to be ca. 10,000 in the 1979 census and was estimated to be 70,000 in 2008. The majority of the city's native population is Tajik. But recently, with the migration of Pashtun tribes from different parts of Paktia to this city, Pashtuns have taken over the majority of the population of this city. The city of Gardez is located at the junction between two important roads that cut through a huge alpine valley. Surrounded by the mountains and deserts of the Hindu Kush, which boil up from the valley floor to the north, east and west, it is the axis of commerce for a huge area of eastern Afghanistan and has been a strategic location for armies throughout the country's long history of conflict. Observation posts built by Alexander the Great are still crumbling on the hilltops just outside the city limits. The city of Gardez has a population of 70,641. It has 13 districts and a total land area of 6,174 hectares (23.84 sq mi). The total number of dwellings in this city is 7,849.
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