Balkh
Балх | |
|---|---|
  Balkh Location in Tajikistan | |
| Coordinates: 37°35′22″N 68°39′39″E / 37.58944°N 68.66083°E | |
| Country |  Tajikistan |
| Region | Khatlon Region |
| District | Jaloliddin Balkhi |
| Elevation | 1,280 m (4,200 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 19,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 |
| Official languages | |
Balkh (Tajik: Балх), before 2017: Kolkhozobod or Kolkhozabad (Russian transliteration),[3] is a town in Tajikistan and not to be confused with the ancient city of Balkh (Bactra) located in modern-day northern Afghanistan, after which the town was named in 2017. It is the administrative capital of Jaloliddin Balkhi District (Kolkhozobod district until June 2007) in the south-west of Khatlon Region.
The population of Balkh in 2020 is estimated at 19,000.[4]
- ^ "Climate of Kolkhozobod". Weatherbase.com. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Renaming of several populated places in the districts of Jaloliddin Balkhi, Khovaling and Yovon, Khatlon Region" (in Russian). 16 February 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2020.