City profile · Afghanistan · Asia
Taloqan
Takhar · Afghanistan
City population
64,256
#16
in Afghanistan
#1
in Takhar
#8,971
worldwide
36.736, 69.535 · 248 km from Kabul
About Taloqan
Taloqan is a city in Takhar, Afghanistan with a population of 64,256. It is the 16th largest of the 53 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Afghanistan, and the 8,971st largest worldwide. It lies 248 km from Kabul.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Takhar
Rank in region
#1of 3
Elevation
801 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kabul
Coordinates
36.736, 69.535
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 53 in AfghanistanClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.