Jabul Saraj is near Charikar, Gulbahar and the Salang Pass.

During the summers, many residents of Kabul and other provinces visit Jabal Saraj for site seeing and picnic purposes.

[citation needed] The capital of the district is the town of Jabal Saraj.

Jabal Saraj is a historic village of Afghanistan named by Habibullah Khan in the beginning of the 20th century as this district was one of the favorite sightseeing areas for the King with a special palace for the summer.

The grand historic palace, built in 1907, was rebuilt in 2019 and opened as the Museum of Afghan Jihad and Resistance, about the anti-Soviet war resistance.