TITLE

Maimana

PUB. DATE

November 2011

SOURCE

Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition;11/1/2011, p1

SOURCE TYPE

Encyclopedia

DOC. TYPE

Reference Entry

ABSTRACT

Maimana or Meymaneh (both: ma'm�n?), city (1979 pop. 38,250), capital of Faryab prov., N Afghanistan, near the Uzbekistan border. A walled city inhabited mainly by Uzbeks, Maimana is a market for leather goods, silk, wheat, and barley.

ACCESSION #

39019857

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