Balkhash

Balkhash is a small city located on a lake of the same name and in the .
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  • Town with about 78,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 440 metres (1,440 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code BXH
  • Description: city in Kazakhstan
  • Address: Балқаш Қ.Ә.
  • Also known as
    “Balqaş”
    “Balqash”
    “Pribalkhash”
    “Pribalkhashstroy”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Balkhash Palace of Culture and Balkash Power Station.
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is a community center.
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Balkhash

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Latitude
46.8433° or 46° 50′ 36″ north
Longitude
74.9773° or 74° 58′ 38″ east
Open location code
8JRPRXVG+8W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244017974
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1525798
Wiki­data ID
Q805515

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Balkhash” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بالخاش”
  • Arabic: “بالكاش”
  • Arabic: “بلقاش”
  • Arabic: “بلكاش”
  • Asturian: “Balkhash”
  • Azerbaijani: “Balqaş”
  • Basque: “Balkhax”
  • Belarusian: “Балхаш (горад)”
  • Belarusian: “Балхаш”
  • Bulgarian: “Балхаш”
  • Catalan: “Balkhash”
  • Cebuano: “Balqash”
  • Central Kurdish: “بالقاش”
  • Chechen: “Балхаш”
  • Chinese: “巴尔喀什”
  • Chinese: “巴爾喀什”
  • Chuvash: “Балхаш (хула)”
  • Chuvash: “Балхаш”
  • Czech: “Balchaš”
  • Dutch: “Balqaş”
  • Dutch: “Balqash”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بالخاش”
  • Finnish: “Balkaš”
  • Finnish: “Balqaş”
  • French: “Balkhach”
  • French: “Balkhash”
  • Georgian: “ბალხაში”
  • German: “Balchasch”
  • German: “Balqasch”
  • Greek: “Μπαλκάς”
  • Hindi: “बालक़ाश”
  • Indonesian: “Balkhash”
  • Ingush: “Балхаш (пхье)”
  • Ingush: “Балхаш”
  • Irish: “Balkhash”
  • Italian: “Balqaş”
  • Japanese: “バルカシュ”
  • Japanese: “バルハシ”
  • Japanese: “バルハシュ”
  • Kazakh: “Balqash”
  • Kazakh: “Балқаш (қала)”
  • Kazakh: “Балқаш қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Балқаш”
  • Korean: “발하시”
  • Latvian: “Balkaša”
  • Lithuanian: “Balchašas (miestas)”
  • Lithuanian: “Balkašas (miestas)”
  • Lithuanian: “Balkašas”
  • Macedonian: “Балхаш”
  • Moksha: “Балкаш”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Balkhasj”
  • Persian: “بالقاش، قزاقستان”
  • Persian: “بالقاش”
  • Polish: “Bachasz”
  • Polish: “Bałchasz”
  • Pushto: “بالقاش (ښار)”
  • Pushto: “بالقاش”
  • Russian: “Балхаш (город в Карагандинской обл.)”
  • Russian: “Балхаш”
  • Serbian: “Балқаш”
  • Serbian: “Балхаш”
  • Sindhi: “بلڪاش”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بالخاش، روسیه”
  • Spanish: “Baljash”
  • Swedish: “Balchasj”
  • Swedish: “Balkasch”
  • Swedish: “Balkash”
  • Swedish: “Balkasj”
  • Swedish: “Balkhash”
  • Swedish: “Balkhasj”
  • Swedish: “Balqaş”
  • Swedish: “Balqash”
  • Tajik: “Балхаш (шаҳр)”
  • Tajik: “Балхаш”
  • Tatar: “Балкаш”
  • Turkish: “Balkaş”
  • Udmurt: “Балхаш”
  • Ukrainian: “Балхаш”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Balkaš”
  • Urdu: “بالقاش”
  • Uzbek: “Balxash”
  • Western Panjabi: “بالخاش (شہر)”
  • Western Panjabi: “بالخاش”

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