Balkh

Also known as Umm Al-Belaad, Mother of All Cities, Umm al-Bilad, Bactra, Baktra, Balch

città dell'Afghanistan

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Balkh is a city in northern Afghanistan with a population of about 149,000 people, located south of the Afghanistan-Uzbekistan border and northwest of Mazar-i-Sharif. It is the second largest city in Balkh Province and is governed by Mayor Maulvi Mohammad Qasim Fazal Subhan.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Balkh
Settlement.native_name_lang: prs
Settlement.other_name: Bactra
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Green_Mosque,_Balkh.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 240px
Settlement.image_caption: Ruins of the Green Mosque of Balkh, 2018
Settlement.pushpin_map: Afghanistan
Settlement.pushpin_relief: yes
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Afghanistan
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Balkh
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Balkh
Settlement.government_type: Municipality
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: town
Part of: list of World Heritage Sites in Northern and Central Asia
Country: Afghanistan
Located in: Balkh
Population: 77000
Elevation: 365
Image: 15c green mosque.jpg
Significant event: Siege of Balkh

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category of associated people: Category:People from Balkh
twinned administrative body: Samarkand
Commons category: Balkh
category for people born here: Category:Births in Balkh
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Balkh
topic's main category: Category:Balkh
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
heritage designation: Tentative World Heritage Site
different from: Balch

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Article · Italiano

Balkh (in dari e pashtu; in persiano بلخ‎, "Balḫ"; in persiano antico: 𐎲𐎾𐎧, Bāxtri; in greco antico: Βάκτρα, Báktra; in battriano Βάχλο, Bakhlo; in italiano Bactra o Battra) è una città dell'Afghanistan, nell'omonima provincia di Balkh, circa 20 km a nord-ovest della capitale Mazar-i Sharif, 74 km a sud del fiume Amu Darya, ad un'altitudine di 365 metri s.l.m.. Nei suoi pressi si trovano le rovine di Bactra, antica e fiorente città, centro di diffusione dello Zoroastrismo, del Buddhismo, e dell'Islam, capitale della Battriana e una delle maggiori città del Grande Khorasan e della Grande Persia.

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