Balkh is a town in the Balkh Province of Afghanistan. It is located approximately 20 kilometres to the northwest of the provincial capital …Balkh is a town in the Balkh Province of Afghanistan. It is located approximately 20 kilometres to the northwest of the provincial capital city Mazar-i-Sharif and approximately 74 kilometres to the south of the Amu Darya and the Afghanistan–Uzbekistan border. In 2021–2022, the National Statistics and Information Authority reported that the town had 138,594 residents. Listed as the eighth largest settlement in the country, unofficial 2024 estimates set its population at around 114,883 people.
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