"Balkh (/bælx/; Pashto and Persian: بلخ, Balkh; Ancient Greek: Βάκτρα, Báktra; Bactrian: Βάχλο, Bakhlo) is a town in the Balkh Province of Afghanistan, about 20 km (12 mi) ...
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northwest of the provincial capital, Mazar-e Sharif, and some 74 km (46 mi) south of the Amu Darya river and the Uzbekistan border. Its population was recently estimated to be 136,097.
Balkh was historically an ancient place of Zoroastrianism and Buddhism and one of the major cities of Khorasan, since the latter´s earliest history. The city was known to the Ancient Greeks as Bactra, giving its name to Bactria. It was mostly known as the center and capital of Bactria or Tokharistan. Marco Polo described Balkh as a "noble and great city". Balkh is now for the most part a mass of ruins, situated some 12 km (7.5 mi) from the right bank of the seasonally flowing Balkh River, at an elevation of about 365 m (1,198 ft)." - (en.wikipedia.org 28.06.2021)
- Latitude36.758056640625
- Longitude66.898887634277
- Population114883
