Shahr-e Naw

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Shahr-e Naw | native_name = شهرن�� | native_name_lang = ps | settlement_type = Neighborhood of Kabul | image_skyline = Kabul, Afghanistan view.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | etymology = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Kabul City Map.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Afghanistan}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Kabul | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric   | area_footnotes = | area_urban_footnotes =  | area_rural_footnotes =  | area_metro_footnotes =  | area_magnitude =  | area_note = | area_water_percent = | area_rank = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank2_title =  | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_urban_km2 = | area_rural_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank2_km2 = | length_km = | width_km = | dimensions_footnotes = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_as_of = | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | population_demonym = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = | website =  | footnotes = }} '''Shahr-e Naw''' ({{langx|ps|شهر نو}}; {{langx|prs|شهرنو}}) is one of the affluent neighborhoods in Kabul, Afghanistan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mapcarta.com/14597418|title=Shahr-e Now|website=Mapcarta|language=en|access-date=2017-10-11}}</ref> It is a downtown commercial area housing most of the bigger buildings such as office centers, shopping centers, embassies, supermarkets, hotels, popular restaurants, banks, hospitals, mosques, and luxury apartments.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/12/deadly-attack-on-kabul-hotel-popular-with-chinese-nationals |title=Deadly attack on Kabul hotel popular with Chinese nationals |date=12 December 2022 |publisher=Al Jazeera |access-date=2022-12-12}}</ref> To its west lies Karte Sakhi, and to its east is the affluent Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://earth.google.com/web/@34.53351077,69.17270352,1797.50961341a,5643.42392445d,35y,0h,0t,0r |title=Shahre Naow |publisher=Google Earth}}</ref> Its name in a general sense means ''New Town'', which is taken as it was first built in the early 20th century as a 'new' urban extension north of the historic city of Kabul.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Kabul Unpacked - A geographical guide to a metropolis in the making | author=Fabrizio Foschini | url=https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Kabul-Police-Districts.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410084756/https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Kabul-Police-Districts.pdf | archive-date=2019-04-10}}</ref>

==Economy== Ariana Afghan Airlines's corporate headquarters are in Shahr-e Naw.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.flyariana.com/|title=Ariana Afghan Airlines|website=www.flyariana.com|access-date=2017-11-11}}</ref> Kam Air has a ticketing office in the Kabul Business Centre in Shāre Naw.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kamair.com/|title=Kam Air - English|website=www.kamair.com|access-date=2017-11-11}}</ref> At one time the facility housed the airline's head office.<ref name="Contactus2008">"{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090528103908/http://www.flykamair.com/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=1&Itemid=62 Contact Us]}}." Kam Air. Retrieved on 23 September 2009. "Kamair Headquarters Address: 1st Floor, Kabul Business Centre Char Rahi Haji Yaqub, Shah-e-Naw Kabul Afghanistan Afghanistan"</ref> Safi Airways also had its head office in Shahr-e Naw.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.safiairways.com/|title=Safi Airways{{!}} Flights to Kabul, Dubai, Jeddah, Delhi, Islamabad|website=www.safiairways.com|language=en|access-date=2017-11-11}}</ref>

==Government and infrastructure== [[File:200229-D-AP390-1529 (49603221753).jpg|thumb|Former presidential palace of Afghanistan is in Shahr-e Naw.]] Arg, which is the former presidential palace of Afghanistan, is located in the southeastern part of Shahr-e Naw. The Shahr-e Naw Park is located in the northwestern part. The Kabul Serena Hotel, Jamhuriat Hospital and Abdul Rahman Mosque are also in Shahr-e Naw.

==Education== The Lycee Esteqlal, a Franco-Afghan school and one the most prestigious in the country, is located in Shahr-e Naw. The Deutsche Schule Kabul was also there.<ref>"[http://dipbt.bundestag.de/doc/btd/04/036/0403672.pdf Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160312191648/http://dipbt.bundestag.de/doc/btd/04/036/0403672.pdf Archive]). Bundestag (West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 34/51. "Deutsche Schule Kabul Schar-i-nau P.O.B. 29"</ref>

==Postal code== The area's government postal code is 1003.<ref>[http://www.afghanpost.gov.af/Postal%20Code/index.php?CDN=KABUL&CD1=City&Search=Search+Postal+Code Postal Code System] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020135754/http://afghanpost.gov.af/Postal%20Code/index.php?CDN=KABUL&CD1=City&Search=Search+Postal+Code |date=20 October 2012 }}, AfghanPost.gov.af</ref>

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==External links== {{Portal|Afghanistan}} *{{YouTube|ZAPA0J7tRGw|Share Naw Kabul AFGHANISTAN 2025}}

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