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Urmas Destination Guide

Discover Urmas in Afghanistan

Urmas in the region of Jowzjān is a place located in Afghanistan - some 241 mi or ( 387 km ) North-West of Kabul , the country's capital .

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Local time in Urmas is now 07:46 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Kabul " with a UTC offset of 4.5 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Yakah Bagh, Tunikah, Shibirghan, Mazari Sharif, and Kabul. When in this area, you might want to check out Yakah Bagh . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Urmas ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Tillya Tepe

Tillya tepe, Tillia tepe or Tillā tapa or (literally "Golden Hill" or "Golden Mound") is an archaeological site in northern Afghanistan near Sheberghan, surveyed in 1979 by a Soviet-Afghan mission of archaeologists led by Victor Sarianidi, a year before the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The hoard is a collection of about 20,000 gold ornaments that were found in six graves (five women and one man) with extremely rich jewelry, dated to around the 1st century BCE.

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Located at 36.70 65.79 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Archaeological artifacts, Archaeological sites in Afghanistan, Asian archaeology, Former populated places in Afghanistan