Balkh

Summary

Balkh is a town^[1]. Balkh ranks in the top 0.65% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (736 views/month, #61 of 9,456).^[2]

Key Facts

• Balkh is located in Balkh^[3].
• Balkh is in the country of Afghanistan^[4].
• Balkh's image is recorded as 15c green mosque.jpg^[5].
• Balkh's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Balkh's twinned administrative body is recorded as Samarkand^[7].
• Balkh's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 123188280^[8].
• Balkh's GND ID is recorded as 4222380-5^[9].
• Balkh's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83005425^[10].
• Balkh's part of is recorded as list of World Heritage Sites in Northern and Central Asia^[11].
• Balkh's Commons category is recorded as Balkh^[12].
• Balkh's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.758055555556, 'lon': 66.898888888889}^[13].
• Balkh's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01x3rv^[14].
• Balkh's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as xx0318698^[15].
• Balkh's significant event is recorded as Siege of Balkh^[16].
• Balkh's significant event is recorded as Siege of Balkh^[17].
• Balkh's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Balkh^[18].
• Balkh's page banner is recorded as Helicopters and Doves on Patrol (5778265029) (cropped).jpg^[19].
• Balkh's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 0a8711db-b911-4188-8a06-7d04d8684ed5^[20].
• Balkh's population is recorded as {'amount': '+7242'}^[21].
• Balkh's population is recorded as {'amount': '+77000'}^[22].
• Balkh's WOEID is recorded as 1916596^[23].
• Balkh's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0006571^[24].
• Balkh's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedic Lexicon^[25].
• Balkh's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Balkh's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

Body

Geography

Balkh is in the country of Afghanistan^[4]. Balkh is located in Balkh^[3]. Balkh's part of is recorded as list of World Heritage Sites in Northern and Central Asia^[11].

Physical Characteristics

Balkh's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+365'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+7242'}^[21] and {'amount': '+77000'}^[22].

Designation and Status

Balkh's instance of is recorded as town^[6]. Balkh's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site^[29].

Why It Matters

Balkh ranks in the top 0.65% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (736 views/month, #61 of 9,456).^[2] Balkh has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Balkh is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]