Balkhab District

Balkhab is a district of Sar-e Pol Province, . The district seat lies at , also known as Tarkhoj. Coal is mined in the area. A massive copper deposit is also located in Balkhab district of Sar-e pol province, the new copper discovery is bigger than the current Aynak copper deposit in Logar province, southeast of Kabul, according to a GSA report.
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Ahmad imami, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • County
  • …lies at an elevation of 2,484 metres (8,150 feet)
  • Description: district in Sar-e Pol Province, Afghanistan
  • Also known as
    “Balkhāb”
    “بلخاب”

Balkhab District

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Latitude
35.458° or 35° 27′ 29″ north
Longitude
66.6023° or 66° 36′ 8″ east
Open location code
8J78FJ52+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4397389863
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
7053945
Wiki­data ID
Q2215327

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Balkhab District” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “বালখাব জেলা”
  • Cebuano: “Balkhāb”
  • Italian: “distretto di Balkhab”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Balkhab”
  • Malay: “Daerah Balkhab”
  • Persian: “شهرستان بلخاب”
  • Persian: “ولسوالی بلخاب”
  • Pushto: “بلخاب ولسوالۍ”
  • Pushto: “د بلخاب ولسوالۍ”
  • Spanish: “Baljab”
  • Spanish: “Balkhab”
  • Swedish: “Balkhab”
  • Uzbek: “Balxab tumani”
  • Vietnamese: “Balkhab”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Balkhab, Sar-e Pol”
  • Welsh: “Balkhab”
  • Welsh: “Balkhāb”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع بلخ آب”

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