Balkh
Balkh is a town in Afghanistan. Balkh was the capital of the historic region of Bactria, even before the arrival of Alexander the Great, and of a Greco-Bactrian Kingdom afterward.| Map | Satellite | Directions |
- Location: Northwest Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
- Population: 77,000
- Latitude: 36.7564° or 36° 45' 22.9" north
- Longitude: 66.8972° or 66° 53' 49.9" east
- Elevation: 348 meters (1142 feet)
- GeoNames ID: 1147290
Also Known As
- Arabic: بلخ
- Armenian: Բալխ
- Bengali: বাল্খ
- Bosnian: Belh
- Bulgarian: Балх
- Chinese: 巴尔赫
- Czech: Balch
- Dutch: Balch
- Esperanto: Balĥo
- French: Balkh
- German: Balch
- Greek: Μπαλχ
- Hebrew: בלך
- Italian: Balkh
- Japanese: バルフ
- Kazakh: Балх
- Korean: 발흐
- Kurdish: Belx
- Lithuanian: Balchas
- Malay (macrolanguage): Daerah Balkh
- Malayalam: ബൽഖ്
- Persian: بلخ
- Polish: Balch
- Portuguese: Balkh
- Pushto: بلخ
- Romanian: Balch
- Russian: Балх
- Russian: Вазирабад
- Serbo-Croatian: Balh
- Slovak: Balch
- Spanish: Balj
- Tajik: Балх
- Tosk Albanian: Balch
- Turkish: Belh
- Ukrainian: Балх
- Uzbek: Balx
- Vietnamese: Quận Balkh
- Western Frisian: Balch
- Bactra
- Bactresh
- Balhika
- Bamik
- Bazirabad
- Bkahdi
- Bākhtar
- Vazirabad
In the Area
Localities
- BalkhTown
- Haji KutVillage, 1½ km southeast
- Khwajah Khaliq MunjaiVillage, 2 km northeast
- QalachaVillage, 2½ km northwest
- Deh SwārVillage, 8 km east
- Samar QandianVillage, 9 km southwest
Landmarks
- Qala-i-JangiTourist attraction, 13 km southeast
- Camp ShaheenMilitary facility, 15 km southeast
- Shahid Mazari TombMosque, 17 km east
- Consulate General of RussiaGovernment, 18 km east
- Tolo Wedding HallCommunity center, 18 km east
- Bakhtar High SchoolSchool, 19 km east
Wherever you go, go with all your heart. - Confucius