Hora Atual em Balkh, Afeganistão — AFT.

Balkh is a city in northern Afghanistan, with an estimated population of 148,972 people. It is within the jurisdiction of Balkh District and its current mayor is Maulvi Mohammad Qasim Fazal Subhan. Located approximately 24 km (15 mi) to the northwest of Mazar-i-Sharif and approximately 74 km (46 mi) to the south of the Amu Darya or the Afghanistan–Uzbekistan border, it is the second largest city of Balkh Province.

Reading Balkh against the global hubs: Dubai (~1,694 km), London (~5,390 km), Singapore (~5,462 km) are the close ones, with São Paulo (~13,584 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.

Balkh sits inside Afeganistão — the Southern Asia subregion, capital Kabul, languages Dari, Pashto, Turkmen, currency AFN (؋).

The closest mapped neighbors of Balkh are Mazār-e Sharīf (20 km), Tirmiz (62 km), Khulm (72 km), Shibirghān (102 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.

Closest curated airport references from Balkh: KBL Kabul (321 km).

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