Mazar-i-Sharif (afg)

Mazar-i-Sharif

Mazar-i-Sharif ranks 6,713th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Wharton, Texas, San Kamphaeng district, and Argun, Chechen Republic. Memorable people born in Mazar-i-Sharif include Wazir Akbar Khan, and Zalmay Khalilzad. Memorable people who died in Mazar-i-Sharif include Sher Ali Khan. Mazar-i-Sharif has been the birth place of many politicians and the death place of many politicians. Mazar-i-Sharif is located in Afghanistan.

Mazar-i-Sharīf, also known as Mazar-e Sharīf or simply Mazar, is the fourth-largest city in Afghanistan by population, with an estimated 500,207 residents in 2021. It is the capital of Balkh province and is linked by highways with Kunduz in the east, Kabul in the southeast, Herat in the southwest and Termez, Uzbekistan in the north. It is about 55 km (34 mi) from the Uzbek border. The city is also a tourist attraction because of its famous shrines as well as the Islamic and Hellenistic archeological sites. The ancient city of Balkh is also nearby. Read more on Wikipedia