Tarinkot
capital of Uruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan
Tarinkot or Terinkot is a city in south-central Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Uruzgan Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Tarinkot District and has an estimated population of 127,095 people. Majority of its residents are Pashto-speaking ethnic Pashtuns. The current mayor of the city is Mawlawi Abdul Rasheed Hidayatullah.
Tarinkot sits at 1,317 m (4,321 ft) above sea level, and is connected by a road network with Kandahar to the south, Nili in Daikundi Province to the north, and Malistan in Ghazni Province to the northeast.
The majority of land in the district is classified as non built-up (69%) of which agriculture is practiced over 67%. Residential land accounts for 47% of built-up land. The Tarinkot Airport is located within the municipal boundaries, constituting the second largest built-up land use (24%). The Uruzgan University is also located in Tarinkot.
During the August 2021 Taliban offensive, all Afghan National Security Forces under then-President Ashraf Ghani surrendered to the Taliban.
The public source identifies “Tarinkot” as capital of Uruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Tarinkot, capital and Uruzgan.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q989293. Authority coordinates are 32.624, 65.877. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021.
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