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HERAT [4 records]

Record 1 2025-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
Universal entry(ies)
AF-HER
classification system code, see observation
OBS

A province of Afghanistan.

OBS

AF-HER: code recognized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
AF-HER
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Province de l'Afghanistan.

OBS

AF-HER : code reconnu par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
AF-HER
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Provincia de Afganistán.

OBS

AF-HER: código reconocido por ISO.

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Record 2 2004-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

City in Afghanistan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Ville d'Afghanistan.

OBS

Le nom d'une entité habitée adopte le genre de son pseudo-générique, sous-entendu : «la Rome éternelle» (le nom d'une ville); «le Vieux-Montréal» (un nom de quartier). Le nom d'une ville située à l'extérieur du Canada et comprenant un article défini initial, adopte habituellement le genre de cet article : La Haye, Le Caire, La Nouvelle-Orléans. L'accord se fait cependant toujours au singulier, même si un élément du spécifique est pluriel : «(La ville de) Trois-Rivières est située sur le (fleuve) Saint-Laurent».

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

A province of North West Afghanistan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Province du Nord-Ouest de l'Afghanistan.

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Committees and Boards (Admin.)
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
OBS

Title confirmed by UNDP [United Nations Development Programme]. In reference to Afghanistan. Created in 1994 with four regional subcommittees based in Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif, Kandahar, and Jalalabad. Chaired by the United Nations Resident Coordinator. All UN agencies operational in the country are members of committee.

Key term(s)
  • Rehabilitation Steering Committee for Afghanistan

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Comités et commissions (Admin.)
  • Coopération et développement économiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
  • Comités y juntas (Admón.)
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
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