Green Mosque
The Green Mosque, or the Mosque of Khawaja Abu Nasr Parsa, is a mosque, madrasa and mausoleum complex located in the city of Balkh, in northern Afghanistan.Photo: Bluuurgh, Public domain.
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- Type: Mosque
- Description: mosque in Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Green Mosque, Balkh”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balkh.
Balkh
Photo: Peretz Partensky, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balkh is a city in northern Afghanistan, with an estimated population of 148,972 people. It is within the jurisdiction of Balkh District and its current mayor is Maulvi Mohammad Qasim Fazal Subhan.
Green Mosque
- Categories: mausoleum, building, tourism, tourist attraction, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Balkh District, Balkh, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.75782° or 36° 45′ 28″ northLongitude
66.89688° or 66° 53′ 49″ eastOpen location code
8J88QV5W+4QOpenStreetMap ID
way 1332673318OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=mosqueOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q3397498
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Green Mosque” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المسجد الأخضر”
- Bengali: “শাবজ মসজিদ, বলখ”
- Catalan: “Mausoleu de Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa”
- Dutch: “Groene Moskee”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المسجد الاخضر”
- Esperanto: “Verda Moskeo”
- French: “Mausolée de Khwâdja Abou Nasr Pârsâ”
- Fulah: “Green Mosque”
- Fulah: “Juulirde Haako”
- German: “Grüne Moschee (Balch)”
- German: “Schrein von Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa”
- Hindi: “हरी मस्जिद, बल्ख़”
- Japanese: “緑のモスク”
- Macedonian: “Зелена џамија”
- Malay: “Masjid Sabz”
- Persian: “مسجد سبز (بلخ)”
- Persian: “مسجد سبز”
- Pushto: “شين جومات”
- Pushto: “شین جومات، بلخ”
- Russian: “Зелёная мечеть”
- Serbian: “Zelena džamija”
- Serbian: “Зелена џамија”
- Slovenian: “Zelena mošeja, Balh”
- Slovenian: “Zelena Mošeja”
- Spanish: “Mausoleo de Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa o mezquita Verde”
- Spanish: “Mausoleo de Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa”
- Swedish: “Gröna moskén”
- Thai: “มัสยิดสีเขียว (แบลค์)”
- Thai: “มัสยิดสีเขียว”
- Turkish: “Yeşil Cami”
- Ukrainian: “Зелена мечеть (Балх)”
- Ukrainian: “Зелена мечеть”
- Urdu: “مسجد سبز”
- Uzbek: “Yashil masjid”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Balkh district hospital and Qala-i-Jangi.
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