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Balkh (afg)

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Balkh ranks 2,594th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Caucasus, Fairfield, Connecticut, and Gyeongbokgung. Memorable people born in Balkh include Rumi, Abu Maʿshar, and Abu Zayd al-Balkhi. Memorable people who died in Balkh include Zoroaster, Peroz I, and Sabuktigin. Balkh has been the birth place of many writers and astronomers and the death place of many politicians and writers. Balkh is located in Afghanistan.

Balkh is a town in the Balkh Province of Afghanistan, about 20 km (12 mi) northwest of the provincial capital, Mazar-e Sharif, and some 74 km (46 mi) south of the Amu Darya river and the Uzbekistan border. Its population was estimated to be 138,594 in 2021-22 by the Afghan National Statistic and Information Authority. Listed as the current 8th most populous city in the country, 2024 estimates set the population of Balkh at 114,883. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 787 and 1207, Balkh was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Rumi, Abu Maʿshar, and Abu Zayd al-Balkhi. Additionaly, 7 globally memorable people have passed away in Balkh including Zoroaster, Peroz I, and Sabuktigin. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Balkh than were born there.

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Most individuals born in present day Balkh were writers (3), astronomers (1), and mathematicians (1),  while most who died were politicians (3), writers (2), religious figures (1), and mathematicians (1).