It is divided into about clarification needed twelve districts and has a population of about 1,245,100, which is multiethnic and mostly a persianspeaking society. Settled population of balkh province by civil division, urban, rural and sex2012 pdf. Bakhdhi is the ancient avestan name while balkh is the modern name for both the region and its old capital city. The main border crossing point located 30km north of the provincial capital. The maps below are based on the 34 province and 329district model and both the province and district map sets give complete coverage of afghanistan. The training was also complemented by field practice and exercises on mine sites in balkh. Find detailed maps for afghanestan, balkh, mazari sharif, balkh on viamichelin, along with road traffic and weather information, the option to book accommodation and view information on michelin restaurants and michelin green guide listed tourist sites for balkh. The location of each balkh hotel listed is shown on the detailed zoomable map. The blue mosque, also known as the shrine of hazrat ali, is a mosque located in the center of mazarisharif in the northern balkh province of afghanistan. The population of the prt area is estimated to be some 2. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study.
Among 8 secure districts 3 districts nahr shahi, dedadi and char dawolat abad being selected by considering the explained method. Josphat kashero mwahunga as the lead consultant, mr. If you would like to recommend this balkh map page to a friend, or if you just want to send yourself a reminder, here is the easy way to do it. The avicen mapping service digitized a blueprint of the map in 1990 for unidata. Provincial center district center administrative boundaries international province distirict. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. It is in the north o the kintra an its name derives frae the auncient ceety o balkh, near the modren toun. Map of balkh detailed map of balkh are you looking for the map of balkh. Kabul india pakistan tajikistan turkmenistan uzbekistan china jammu and kashmir afghanistan. Afghanistan province and district maps the provinces and districts of afghanistan have changed numerous times in the past 15 years.
Afghanistan opium poppy free road map and provincial profiles june 2008. Province map of afghanistan with balkh highlighted coordinates. Mazar e sharif ndcity has 10 districts among which 3 districts 2, 4 th and 9 selected for survey. Ashrafs minor civil divisions map included 325 districts, divided among 28 provinces. Survey of the household in kabul, nangarhar, herat, kandahar. Around half of the population is below 15 years of age.
Balkh province province district village, town province capital country. The engineering geology of the balkh university new. Mazarisharif province dissolved in 1964 into balkh province and jowzjan province. Ocha coordinates the global emergency response to save lives and protect people in humanitarian crises. This page provides an overview of balkh, afghanistan location maps. The city, the capital of balkh province is located at the north of the. Because cultural features were not derived from the srtm base, they do not match it precisely. Balkh and offers recommendations for operationalizing the safe motherhood programme.
Province ands sector activity number % balkh social protection 25 0. Get your 3day weather forecast for balkh, balkh, afghanistan. Balkh is one of the 34 provinces of afghanistan, located in the north of the country. Balkh chimtal baba ewaz char kent khulm mazari sharif aibak. Balkh jawzjan sari pul faryab badghis ghor parwan panjsher kabul wardak paktya l a g h m a n taybad kunduz nuristan. Opium poppy strikes back the 2011 return of opium in balkh. Travel to afghanistan balkh province videojunkies youtube. A settlement existed at the site as early as 500 bc, and the town was captured by alexander the great. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Map o afghanistan wi balkh heichlichtit balkh persian pashto. Afghanistan balkh province land cover map april 2002. Opium poppy strikes back the 2011 return of opium in. Map of balkh province hotels and attractions on a balkh. Balkh province district atlas humanitarianresponse.
For comparison, the prt area is larger than that of switzerland and kosovo combined. Balkh, also called vazirabad, village in northern afghanistan that was formerly bactra, the capital of ancient bactria. Qataghan province dissolved in 1963 into baghlan province, kunduz province, and takhar province. Find any address on the map of balkh or calculate your itinerary to and from balkh, find all the tourist attractions and michelin guide restaurants in balkh. Mazarisharif is the capital city of balkh province, the region presents a scenic picture as it is located between maimana and pulikhumri highway. We advocate for effective and principled humanitarian action by all, for all. Survey of the household in kabul, nangarhar, herat. Balkh province in the north of afghanistan has high potential in the agriculture sector. Eastern province dissolved in 1964 to create nangarhar province. The engineering geology of the balkh university new campus of. According to the national statistic and information authority of afghanistan, nsia, an estimated total number of people living inside afghanistan was 32,225,560 in 2020. Farahchakansur province dissolved in 1964 into farah province and nimroz province. Unnamed s occurrence 1, chahar kint district, balkh, afghanistan elbura sulphur occurrence, chimtal district, balkh, afghanistan list of minerals arranged by strunz 10th edition classification.
Balkh is an ancient city, with a 2500year long history, situated on the plain between the hindu kush mountains and the river amu darya historically known as the oxus in the north of afghanistan. A settlement existed at the site as early as 500 bc, and the town was captured by alexander the great about 330 bc. Simply fill in the email address and name of the people you wish to tell about, your name and email address so they can reply to you with gracious thanks, and click the recommend button. Known by arab conquerors as ummalbelad, the mother of cities, balkh lay on the major silk road routes that ran between east and west. Media in category maps of balkh province the following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total. Balkh university, engineering faculty,mazarisharif, balkh province, afghanistan sabirullah. Balkh ancient paktra or baktra or bactria, a unesco world heritage site candidate 2004, is an urban site of some 11 square kilometers, situated 21 kilometers west of mazari sharif and 74 kilometers south of the amu darya oxus river, which ran close to the city during antiquity. Balkh province reference map 0 20 40 60 kms 200 km legend.
The name of the province is derived from the ancient city of balkh, near the modern town. Thereafter it was the capital of the greek satrapy of bactria. Balkh province balkh province has 15 rural districts from which 8 are considered secure for the survey. This market systems analysis report could not have been possible without the dedication of the team in the persons of mr.
Balkh district map of balkh province background balkh has a population of approximately 1,125,000, including 670,000 people below the age of 20. Balkh, bakhdhi, bakhtrish, bactria, afghanistan region. Afghanistan united nations office on drugs and crime. The mazare sharif international airport and camp marmal sit on the. It was historically an ancient centre of buddhism, islam, and.
Mining training for provincial mining inspectors in balkh. Balkh province is situated in the northern part of afghanistan, bordering turkmenistan in the northwest, bordering uzbekistan in the north, tajikistan in the northeast, kunduz province in the east, samangan province in the southeast, sare pol province in the southwest and jowzjan province in the west. Wall street journal key issues stable prevailing security environment for now balkh has traditionally enjoyed a relatively good security environment accompanied by economic prosperity. A number of women s rights activists in northern balkh province on tuesday said they planned to conduct awareness programs for womens rights in rural areas of the province once peace was established in the country. The city of mazaresharif has been an important stop on the trade routes from the far east to the middle. Register now and get your own map homepage for free. Balkh province also has a population of kuchis or nomads whose numbers vary in different seasons. It lies 14 miles 22 km west of the city of mazare sharif and is situated along the balkh river.
Combination of globe and rectangular map centered on balkh region. Balkh, balkh, afghanistan three day weather forecast. Balkh, village in northern afghanistan that was formerly bactra, the capital of ancient bactria. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. In the predominantly tajik northern afghan province of baghlan, about 32 km 20 miles southwest of the town of baghlan and 18. As one farmer in balkh province told me, the top production is reaching 5 mt hectare but this is what we want the average to be. The topography of the balkhab vms copper aoi is characterized by a steepsided gorge containing the balkh river.
Mazar esharif was the first city in afghanistan that the taliban lost in november 2001. Moreover, balkh hotel map is available where all hotels in balkh are marked. The mining inspectors are now able to conduct field inspections of mining operations properly and to examine whether mining activities comply with norms, standards and regulations. The maps below are based on the 34province and 329district model and both the province and district map.
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