Mazar-i-Sharif

Summary

Mazar-i-Sharif is a city^[1]. Mazar-i-Sharif ranks in the top 8% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,681 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mazar-i-Sharif is located in Balkh Province^[3].
• Mazar-i-Sharif is located in Mazar-i-Sharif District^[4].
• Mazar-i-Sharif is in the country of Afghanistan^[5].
• Mazar-i-Sharif's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Mazar-i-Sharif's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Mazar-i-Sharif's twinned administrative body is recorded as Mashhad^[8].
• Mazar-i-Sharif's twinned administrative body is recorded as Dushanbe^[9].
• Mazar-i-Sharif's Commons category is recorded as Mazar-e-Sharif^[10].
• Mazar-i-Sharif's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+04:30^[11].
• Mazar-i-Sharif's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.7, 'lon': 67.116666666667}^[12].
• Mazar-i-Sharif's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mazar-i-Sharif^[13].
• Mazar-i-Sharif's Commons gallery is recorded as مزار شریف^[14].
• Mazar-i-Sharif has a population of {'amount': '+469247'}^[15].
• Mazar-i-Sharif has a population of {'amount': '+103372'}^[16].
• Mazar-i-Sharif's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• Mazar-i-Sharif's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• Mazar-i-Sharif's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[19].
• Mazar-i-Sharif's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[20].
• Mazar-i-Sharif's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7^[21].
• Mazar-i-Sharif's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[22].
• Mazar-i-Sharif's capital of is recorded as Balkh Province^[23].
• Mazar-i-Sharif's capital of is recorded as Mazar-i-Sharif District^[24].
• Mazar-i-Sharif's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Mazar-i-Sharif^[25].
• Mazar-i-Sharif's category for people who died here is recorded as Q137782878^[26].
• Mazar-i-Sharif's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Mazar-i-Sharif^[27].

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Geography

Mazar-i-Sharif is in the country of Afghanistan^[5]. Located in include Balkh Province^[3], a province of Afghanistan^[28], in Afghanistan^[29] and Mazar-i-Sharif District^[4], a district of Afghanistan^[30], in Afghanistan^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Mazar-i-Sharif covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+83'}^[32]. Mazar-i-Sharif sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+380'}^[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+469247'}^[15] and {'amount': '+103372'}^[16].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6] and big city^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Mazar-i-Sharif include Mazar-i-Sharif Airport^[34], an airport^[35], in Afghanistan^[36].

Why It Matters

Mazar-i-Sharif ranks in the top 8% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,681 views/month).^[2] Mazar-i-Sharif has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Mazar-i-Sharif is known by 104 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for Mazar-i-Sharif include Mazar-i-Sharif Airport^[34], an airport^[35], in Afghanistan^[36].