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Balkh is a town in the Balkh Province of Afghanistan, about 20 km (12 mi) 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 estimated to be 138,594 in 2021–22 by the Afghan National Statistic and Information Authority.
- Balkh District
- Afghanistan
Balkh è una città dell'Afghanistan, nell'omonima provincia di Balkh, circa 20 km a nord-ovest del capoluogo 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 ...
Balkh, village in northern Afghanistan that was formerly Bactra, the capital of ancient Bactria. It lies 14 miles (22 km) west of the city of Mazār-e Sharīf and is situated along the Balkh River. A settlement existed at the site as early as 500 bce, and the town was captured by Alexander the Great about 330 bce.
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Balkh (Dari: بلخ, romanized: Balx) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north of the country. It is divided into 15 districts [6] and has a population of about 1,509,183, [7] which is multi-ethnic and mostly a Persian -speaking society.
- 16,186.3 km² (6,249.6 sq mi)
- Mazar-i-Sharif
- AF-BAL
- Afghanistan
1 dic 2020 · The city of Balkh, situated on the plain between the Hindu Kush Mountain range and the Amu Darya river (the ‘Oxus’ in antiquity), in the north of modern day Afghanistan, sat at a cross-roads along the Silk Roads, with several trade routes intersecting in and around the city.
Balkh is an ancient city, with a 2500-year long history, situated on the plain between the Hindu Kush Mountains and the river Amu Darya (historically known as the Oxus) in the north of Afghanistan. Known by Arab conquerors as Umm-al-belad, the ‘mother of cities’, Balkh lay on the major Silk Road routes that ran between east and west.
Linea Definizione. Arte. Cataloghi. Lavora con noi. ALTRI RISULTATI DI RICERCA. DAL VOCABOLARIO. LEMMI CORRELATI. Cittadina dell’Afghanistan (12.700 ab. nel 2006), presso il fiume omonimo (utilizzato per irrigazione), a 550 m. s. m., su una via commerciale, al centro di una regione fertile del Turkestan afgano.
