Talk:Balkh Province

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Languages spoken
If you dispute the data about the languages spoken, and their percentages, please provide citations to reliable published sources, do not just change the data. At the present (2 August 2009) the data on languages that appears in the article is properly cited to a provincial report of the government of Afghanistan, which is based on data from their Central Statistics Office and the UNFPA. Please see that report. --Bejnar (talk) 04:26, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

The population of Balkh province was reported at 1,298,300 in the year 2014. Due to historical reasons, Balkh has the reputation as home to various ethnicity including Pashton, Uzbek, Hazara, Tajik, Aimaq, Balouch, Arab, and others. The main language used here are Persian and Pashto. http://www.southasiaathudson.org/afghanistan-provinces-1/2016/7/12/508eql49uc8p0bemlxn87n0lduh7a1

The major ethnic groups in the province are Tajiks and Pushtoons, while Uzbek, Hazaras, Turkomans and Sadats are in minority. There is a breakdown of each distrcts as well. The major ethnic group in Balkh province is of Tajiks, comprising over half of the population and· majority of the population in districts Shulgareh, Dehdadi, Nahre Shahi, Chemtal and Dawlatabad. The other significant ethnic group is of Pushtuns who are scattered throughout the province, but concentrated in the districts of Mazar, Balkh, Kholm and Char Bulaq. Significant numbers of Uzbeks are living in Dawlatabad, Shur Tapeh, Char Bulaq, Kholm and Kaldar. Turkmans make the majority in Kaldar and Shur Tappeh, and have a significant presence in Dawlatabad and Char Bulaq. Hazaras mainly live in' Mazar, Marmol and Chemtal. UNHCR Survey: http://www.afghandata.org:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/azu/3518/azu_acku_pamphlet_hc418_s35_a34_1992_w.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y 182.180.61.170 (talk) 07:51, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Reverted edits by 94.219.198.90
Reverted edits made by IP 94.219.198.90. Pashto is spoken by around 27% of the population. That makes it a "Main Language" of the province. The IP removes Pashto from the list, but leaves Uzbaki language which is only spoken by 10% of the population. That is nothing but vandalism. (Ketabtoon (talk) 01:45, 11 August 2010 (UTC))

Ketabtoon, the IP didn´t removed Pashtu. Stop lying, Aughan. Just take a look on the views. However, in Balkh, the Pashtuns do not speak Pashtu. The main languages became Persian and Uzbaki, except in some remote regions. In Uzbek regions they speak Uzbak, like in Sohroobi and are mixed there with the population paternal.--188.107.8.82 (talk) 08:26, 11 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Check the article before you revert it. It is not upto you to decide whether they speak Pashto or not. Do not delete sourced material.  (Ketabtoon (talk) 13:59, 11 August 2010 (UTC))

Now you try to fool again everyone. The question is not if there are Pashtu-speaker in the province, it´s about the languages are spoken. And Pashtuns do not speak there Pashtu. The government have forbidden them. Not only that, they are a small minority immigrants from the sulaiman mountains who have to accept the rules of Tajik Noor Atta. They live in the country of Rumi, Saman Khuda and thousand others. If not, it´s easy for fascists like Noor Atta to deal with them to decrease their population to zero. Pashtu means in Balkh beeing a Taliban or a member of Haqqania network, a terrorist movement of Pushtuns, and member of Al-Qaida--188.107.8.82 (talk) 14:37, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Stop spreading lies. Pashtuns in Balkh DO speak Pashto since they have their own districts, Tajiks like yourselves are immigrants from Tajikistan when the Russian Red Army invaded your land your family escaped down to the north with along with many other Tajiks and Uzbeks. Next time, don't remove sourced material or you will be reported khar.Akmal94 (talk) 18:49, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

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Absolute nonsense in the chart heading of the districts mentioning the ethnic make up. Balkh district and Charbolak are not Tajik majority areas but mainly Pashtun. There are sources for this which i will show but in the mean time i am changing the number because its wrong and unsourced. Akmal94 (talk) 18:26, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

"Notes" column under section 7 "Demographics" needs to be removed?
Unless I am mistaken (and please correct me if I am), there is no source(s) listed for the data that is in the "notes" column. With many of the districs having 100% of one of the ethnic groups, it leads me to believe that this is entirely made up. This column will be removed entirely until a source(s) is provided. Thoughts?

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 * There is an archived page for one district (Shortepa) that indeed contradicts what the table says, indicating that where it says 100% Tajik is probably false. I do think that where it is 100% Tajik should be removed and it makes sense to get rid of the rest as well. Note: it originated in this edit and around this revision. Danre98 ( talk ^ contribs ) 00:00, 2 July 2021 (UTC)