Balkh (afg)

Balkh

Balkh ranks 2,164th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Esztergom, Oromia, and Přerov. Memorable people born in Balkh include Rumi, Abu Maʿshar, and Ibrahim ibn Adham. Memorable people who died in Balkh include Sabuktigin, Arslan Isra'il, and Rabia Balkhi. Balkh has been the birth place of many writers, and astronomers and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Balkh is located in Afghanistan.

Balkh is a town in the Balkh Province of Afghanistan. It is located approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the northwest of the provincial capital city Mazar-i-Sharif and approximately 74 kilometres (46 mi) to the south of the Amu Darya and the Afghanistan–Uzbekistan border. In 2021–2022, the National Statistics and Information Authority reported that the town had 138,594 residents. Listed as the eighth largest settlement in the country, unofficial 2024 estimates set its population at around 114,883 people. Read more on Wikipedia