Balkh Province

E445114

administrative division province

Balkh Province is a historically significant region in northern Afghanistan, centered on the ancient city of Balkh and known as a former cultural and commercial hub along the Silk Road.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Balkh Province canonical	12
Mazar-i-Sharif region	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division ⓘ province ⓘ
agriculturalProduct	cotton ⓘ fruits ⓘ grapes ⓘ wheat ⓘ
borders	Jowzjan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Kunduz Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Samangan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Sar-e Pol Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Tajikistan (via Amu Darya river) NERFINISHED ⓘ Uzbekistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Mazar-i-Sharif NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Balkh NERFINISHED ⓘ Mazar-i-Sharif NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsHeritageSite	ancient city of Balkh NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsReligiousSite	Shrine of Ali in Mazar-i-Sharif NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Afghanistan ⓘ
dominantReligion	Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	Governor of Balkh ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	small-scale industry ⓘ trade ⓘ transport ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Hazaras NERFINISHED ⓘ Pashtuns NERFINISHED ⓘ Tajiks NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkmens NERFINISHED ⓘ Uzbeks NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLandUse	agriculture ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Balkh NERFINISHED ⓘ Chahar Bolak NERFINISHED ⓘ Dehdadi NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaldar NERFINISHED ⓘ Mazar-i-Sharif NERFINISHED ⓘ Sholgara NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTransportInfrastructure	Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ rail link to Uzbekistan ⓘ
historicalSignificance	ancient cultural hub ⓘ commercial hub in Central Asia ⓘ major center on the Silk Road ⓘ
locatedIn	northern Afghanistan ⓘ
namedAfter	Balkh NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage	Dari ⓘ Pashto NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Afghanistan’s northern region ⓘ Greater Khorasan (historical region) NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
timeZone	Afghanistan Time (UTC+4:30) NERFINISHED ⓘ
traversedBy	Amu Darya NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Panj River → flowsAlong → Balkh Province ⓘ

Balkh → locatedIn → Balkh Province ⓘ

Hazarajat → borderingRegion → Balkh Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mazar-i-Sharif region

Regional Command North → areaOfResponsibility → Balkh Province ⓘ

Mohammad Mohaqiq → provinceOfBirth → Balkh Province ⓘ

Junbish-e Milli-ye Islami-ye Afghanistan → notableStronghold → Balkh Province ⓘ

209th Corps → headquartersRegion → Balkh Province ⓘ

Northern Afghanistan → hasSubregion → Balkh Province ⓘ

Mazar-i-Sharif → locatedIn → Balkh Province ⓘ

Mazar-i-Sharif → isCapitalOf → Balkh Province ⓘ

Kabul–Mazar-i-Sharif road → passesNear → Balkh Province ⓘ

Baghlan Province → bordersProvince → Balkh Province ⓘ

Afghanistan–Tajikistan border → passesThrough → Balkh Province ⓘ