Afghanistan
NW Afghanistan
Balkh

Mazar-e Sharif

Mazar-e Sharif, or Mazar-i-Sharif, or just Mazar, is a city in and the capital of Balkh Province.
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  • Type: City with 301,000 residents
  • Description: capital of Balkh, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Mazar e Sharif”, “Mazar i Sharif”, “Mazar-e-Sharif”, “Mazar-i-Sharif”, “Mazār-i-Sharīf”, “Mazāre S̄rīf”, “Mazari Sharif”, and “Mazari-Sharif”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Al Masjid Al Azraq.

Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
The Mausoleum of Ali, or Blue Mosque, is a mausoleum and complex located in Mazar-i-Sharif, in the province of Balkh, . The complex purportedly houses the tomb of Caliph Ali, the first Imam of Shia Muslims.

Mazar-e Sharif

Latitude
36.709° or 36° 42′ 33″ north
Longitude
67.1114° or 67° 6′ 41″ east
Population
301,000
Elevation
361 metres (1,184 feet)
IATA airport code
MZR
United Nations Location Code
AF MZR
Open location code
8J89P456+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2396275966
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1133616
Wiki­data ID
Q130469
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Mazar-e Sharif” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مزار شريف”
  • Arabic: “مزارشريف”
  • Armenian: “Մազարի Շարիֆ”
  • Asturian: “Mazar-e Sharif”
  • Azerbaijani: “Məzari-Şərif”
  • Bashkir: “Мазари-Шәриф”
  • Basque: “Mazar-e Sharif”
  • Basque: “Mazar-i-Xarif”
  • Belarusian: “Мазары-Шарыф”
  • Bengali: “مزار شریف”
  • Bengali: “মাজার-ই-শরিফ”
  • Bengali: “মাজারি শরীফ”
  • Bulgarian: “Мазари Шариф”
  • Catalan: “Mazar-e Xarif”
  • Catalan: “Mazar-e-Sharif”
  • Catalan: “Mazar-i Sharif”
  • Catalan: “Mazar-i-Sharif”
  • Catalan: “Mazar-i-Shariff”
  • Cebuano: “Mazār-e Sharīf”
  • Chinese: “馬扎里沙里夫”
  • Chinese: “马扎里沙里夫/馬扎里沙里夫”
  • Chinese: “马扎里沙里夫”
  • Chuvash: “Мазари-Шариф”
  • Corsican: “Mazar-i Sharif”
  • Croatian: “Mazar-e Šarif”
  • Czech: “Mazár-e Šaríf”
  • Czech: “Mazār-e Šarīf”
  • Czech: “Mazar-e-Šarif”
  • Czech: “Mazare Šaríf”
  • Czech: “Mazáre Šaríf”
  • Czech: “Mazáre Šeríf”
  • Danish: “Mazar-e Sharif”
  • Dutch: “Mazaar-i Sharief”
  • Dutch: “Mazar-e Sharif”
  • Dutch: “Mazar-e Sjarif”
  • Dutch: “Mazar-e-Sharif”
  • Dutch: “Mazar-i-Sharif”
  • Dutch: “Mazar-i-Sjarif”
  • Dutch: “Mazari Sharif”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مزار شريف”
  • Esperanto: “Mazar-e Ŝarif”
  • Esperanto: “Mazar-i Ŝarif”
  • Esperanto: “Mazar-i-Ŝarif”
  • Esperanto: “Mazari Ŝarif”
  • Esperanto: “Mazariŝarifo”
  • Esperanto: “Mezar-i Ŝerif”
  • Esperanto: “Mezari Ŝerif”
  • Estonian: “Mazar-e Sharif”
  • Estonian: “Mazār-e Sharīf”
  • Estonian: “Mazari Sharif”
  • Finnish: “Mazar-e Šarif”
  • Finnish: “Mazar-e Sharif”
  • Finnish: “Mazar-e-Sharif”
  • Finnish: “Mazar-i Sharif”
  • Finnish: “Mazar-i-Sharif”
  • French: “Mazâr-e Charîf”
  • French: “Mazar-e Sharif”
  • French: “Mazâr-e Sharîf”
  • French: “Mazar-E-Charif”
  • French: “Mazar-e-Sharif”
  • French: “Mazar-i-Charif”
  • French: “Mazar-i-Sharif”
  • French: “Mazâr-I-Sharif”
  • French: “Mazari Sharif”
  • Galician: “Mazar-i-Sharif”
  • Georgian: “მაზარ-ი-შარიფი”
  • Georgian: “მაზარი შარიფი”
  • German: “Marzar-e-Sharif”
  • German: “Masar-e Scharif”
  • German: “Masar-i Scharif”
  • German: “Masar-i-Scharif”
  • German: “Mazar i Sharif”
  • German: “Mazar-e Scharif”
  • German: “Mazar-e-Scharif”
  • German: “Mazar-e-Sharif”
  • German: “Mazar-i Sharif”
  • German: “Mazar-i-Sharif”
  • German: “مزار شريف”
  • Greek: “Μαζάρι Σαρίφ”
  • Gujarati: “મઝાર-એ-શરીફ”
  • Hausa: “Mazar-i-Sharif”
  • Hebrew: “מזאר-י שריף”
  • Hindi: “मज़ार-ए-शरीफ़”
  • Hungarian: “Mazár-e Sarif”
  • Hungarian: “Mazari Sharif”
  • Icelandic: “Mazar-i-Sharif”
  • Indonesian: “Mazari Sharif”
  • Indonesian: “Mazari Syarif”
  • Irish: “Mazar-i-Sharif”
  • Italian: “Mazar-e Sharif”
  • Italian: “Mazar-e Sherif”
  • Italian: “Mazar-i Sharif”
  • Italian: “Mazari Sharif”
  • Japanese: “マザーリ・シャリーフ”
  • Japanese: “マザーリシャリーフ”
  • Japanese: “マザーレ・シャリーフ”
  • Japanese: “マザリ・シャリフ”
  • Japanese: “マザリシャリフ”
  • Kalaallisut: “Mazar-i-Sharif”
  • Kannada: “ಮಝಾರ್-ಇ-ಶರೀಫ್”
  • Kazakh: “Mazarï-Şarïf”
  • Kazakh: “Мазари-Шариф”
  • Kazakh: “مازارىي-شارىيف”
  • Kirghiz: “Мазари-Шариф”
  • Korean: “마자르이샤리프”
  • Korean: “마자리 샤리프”
  • Korean: “마자리샤리프”
  • Latvian: “Mazārešarīfa”
  • Lithuanian: “Mazari Šarifas”
  • Malay: “Daerah Mazari Sharif”
  • Malay: “Mazari Sharif”
  • Malayalam: “മസാർ-ഇ ശരീഫ്”
  • Maori: “Mazar-i-Sharif”
  • Marathi: “मझार ए शरीफ”
  • Marathi: “मझार-ए-शरीफ”
  • Marathi: “मझारी शरीफ”
  • Mongolian: “Мазар-и-Шариф”
  • Nauru: “Mazar-e Sharif”
  • Nepali: “मजार शरीफ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mazar-e Sharif”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mazār-e Sharīf”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mazari Sharif”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mazar-e Sharif”
  • Norwegian: “Mazar-e Sharif”
  • Ossetian: “Мазар-и-Шариф”
  • Ossetian: “Мазари-Шариф”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਜ਼ਾਰ-ਏ-ਸ਼ਰੀਫ”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਜ਼ਾਰ-ਏ-ਸ਼ਰੀਫ਼”
  • Persian: “راز شريف”
  • Persian: “راز شریف”
  • Persian: “مزار شريف”
  • Persian: “مزار شریف”
  • Persian: “مزارشریف”
  • Persian: “مسجد آبی”
  • Piemontese: “Mazar-i Sharif”
  • Polish: “Mazar-e Szarif”
  • Polish: “Mazar-i Szarif”
  • Portuguese: “Mazar-e Sharif”
  • Portuguese: “Mazar-i-Sharif”
  • Portuguese: “Mazar-i-Shariff”
  • Pushto: “مزار شريف”
  • Romanian: “Masar-e Scharif”
  • Russian: “Мазар-и-Шариф”
  • Russian: “Мазар-и-Шериф”
  • Russian: “Мазар-э-Шариф”
  • Russian: “Мазари-Шариф”
  • Russian: “Мазари-Шериф”
  • Russian: “Мазори-Шариф”
  • Russian: “Мезар-и-Шериф”
  • Russian: “Мезари-Шариф”
  • Russian: “Мезари-Шериф”
  • Santali: “ᱢᱟᱡᱟᱨ-ᱤ-ᱥᱚᱨᱤᱯᱷ”
  • Scots: “Mazar-i-Sharif”
  • Serbian: “Mazari Šarif”
  • Serbian: “Мазари Шариф”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mazar-e Šarif”
  • Sinhala: “මසර් -අයි -ෂරිෆ්”
  • Slovak: “Mazár-e Šaríf”
  • Slovak: “Mazáre Šaríf”
  • Slovak: “Mazáre Šerif”
  • Slovak: “Mazáre Šeríf”
  • Slovak: “Mazárí Šaríf”
  • Slovak: “Mazárišarif”
  • Slovenian: “Mazar-e Šarif”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مزار شریف”
  • Spanish: “Mazar e Sarif”
  • Spanish: “Mazar e sarīf”
  • Spanish: “Mazar e Šarif”
  • Spanish: “Mazār e sarīf”
  • Spanish: “Mazār e Šarif”
  • Spanish: “Mazār e Šarīf”
  • Spanish: “Mazar el Shariff”
  • Spanish: “Mazar i Sharif”
  • Spanish: “Mazar i-Sharif”
  • Spanish: “Mazar-e Sarif”
  • Spanish: “Mazar-e sarīf”
  • Spanish: “Mazar-e Šarif”
  • Spanish: “Mazar-e Šarīf”
  • Spanish: “Mazār-e sarif”
  • Spanish: “Mazār-e sarīf”
  • Spanish: “Mazār-e Šarif”
  • Spanish: “Mazār-e Šarīf”
  • Spanish: “Mazar-I-Sharif”
  • Spanish: “Mazari Sharif”
  • Swedish: “Mazar-e Sharif”
  • Swedish: “Mazār-e Sharīf”
  • Swedish: “Mazar-e-Sharif”
  • Swedish: “Mazar-i Sharif”
  • Swedish: “Mazar-i-Sharif”
  • Swedish: “Mazari Sharif”
  • Tajik: “Mazori Şarif”
  • Tajik: “Мазори Шариф”
  • Tamil: “மசார் ஈ சரீப்”
  • Tatar: “Мазары-Шәриф”
  • Telugu: “మజార్-ఐ-షరీఫ్”
  • Thai: “มะซารีชะรีฟ”
  • Turkish: “Mezar-ı Şerif”
  • Turkish: “Mezâr-ı Şerîf”
  • Turkish: “Mezarışerif”
  • Ukrainian: “Мазарі-Шариф”
  • Ukrainian: “Мазарі-Шаріф”
  • Urdu: “مزار شریف”
  • Uzbek: “Mozori sharif”
  • Uzbek: “Mozori Sharif”
  • Uzbek: “Mozori-Sharif”
  • Venetian: “Mazar-i Sharif”
  • Vietnamese: “Mazar-i-Sharif”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mazar-i-Sharif”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mazari Sharif”
  • Western Armenian: “Մազարի Շարիֆ”
  • Western Frisian: “Mazar-e-Sharif”
  • Western Panjabi: “مزار شریف”
  • Wu Chinese: “马扎里沙里夫”
  • Yue Chinese: “馬扎里沙里夫”

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