Balkh

Balkh, a sizeable town in Afghanistan, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Public datasets list a population of roughly 138,000. Balkh maps to 36.758°, 66.898° — squarely within the warm temperate belt. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by warm summers and cool winters. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,872 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 73% of daylight hours. The sections below expand on demographics, weather, terrain, hazards and nearby points of interest using publicly available datasets.

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