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Kunduz ( (パシュトー語:کندز); (ペルシア語:قندوز)) is a city in northern Afghanistan, which serves as the capital of Kunduz Province. It is sometimes spelled as ''Kundûz, Qonduz, Qondûz, Konduz, Kondûz, Kondoz,'' or ''Qhunduz''. The city of Kunduz has a population of about 268,893,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The State of Afghan Cities 2015 )〕 while Kunduz District has a population of 304,600.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Settled Population of Kunduz province by Civil Division, Urban, Rural and Sex-2012-13 )〕 It is about the 5th largest city of Afghanistan. Kunduz is located in the historical Tokharistan in the region of Bactria. It is linked by highways with Mazar-e Sharif to the west, Kabul to the south and Sher Khan Bandar to the north. Kunduz is at an elevation of above sea level. The land use of the city (within the municipal boundary) is largely agricultural (65.8% of total area). Residential land comprises nearly half of the 'built-up' land area (48.3%) with 29,877 dwellings.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The State of Afghan Cities 2015, Volume 2 )〕 Institutional land comprises 17.9% of built-up land use, given that the airport is located within the municipal boundary〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The State of Afghan Cities 2015, Volume 2 )〕 == Etymology == The name of the city is derived from Persian compound, ''kuhan/quhan diz'', "old/ancient fort" or from Turkic ''konak/konut'' ("residence, palace, court, housing, established dwelling area, city, town, village"), from Proto-Turkic '' *kon-'', "to settle down/to perch." Alternative derivations also include Turkic ''kündüz'' ("day, daylight"), from Proto-Turkic ''kün'', "day/sun". Interestingly, until the 1960s, the city served as the capital to the now-defunct province of Qataqan, itself meaning "Old/Ancient city" (from Turkic kata ("old/ancient') and Eastern Iranian (Sogdian) ''kand'' or Common Turkic ''kent'', "fort", "town"). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kunduz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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