This city is located in northern Afghanistan, in the center of Baghlan province. Since 2006, it has been hosting a contingent of the armed forces of Hungary.
The town in Afghanistan, Puli-Khumri (Pu Li-Khumri), is located at the intersection of major transportation routes. The Kabul - Mazar-e-Sharif highway, paved with Soviet specialists, passes through the village.
An important historical event of this place is that on November 11 in 2001, militants of the Northern Alliance were able to drive the Taliban out of the city.
General information about the republic
Puli Khumri (Afghanistan) is a town of the Islamic Republic located in the south-west of Central Asia. The territory of this state has an area of 655 thousand square meters. kilometers. Almost 26 million people live here (according to 2000 estimates). The capital is the city of Kabul with a population of 2.5 million people. The official state languages are Dari and Pashto.
The main public holiday, celebrated on August 19 annually since 1919, is Independence Day. Afghanistan is a monetary unit.
The Kunduz River, the left tributary of the Amu Darya, flows through the territory of Afghanistan. Its length is 420 kilometers, the basin area is more than 31 thousand square meters. km It starts in Kokhi Baba (mountain range) in the Bamyan province, then crosses the northern spurs of the Hindu Kush mountain range and goes to the plain of the northern part of the country.
The cities of Kunduz, Baghlan and Puli-Khumri are located on the river.
About the population of Puli-Khumri in Afghanistan
Puli-Khumri is a small town, which is the administrative center of the eponymous district. According to the census in 1979, at that time a little more than 31 thousand people lived in the city, and according to 2007, the number increased by about 2 times and amounted to 58.3 thousand inhabitants. These figures put Puli-Khumri in fourth place in terms of size among all cities in Afghanistan, although according to other figures, it is in tenth place, leading in the Baghlan region. Data on the urban population are often changing, and in most cases it is impossible to make an accurate calculation.
The dates of the founding of the city, and even the first mention of it, are unknown.
Description
Like many other small cities in Afghanistan, Puli-Khumri (photo presented in the article) is more like an ordinary village with several central streets, which are a chaotic market.
In the center of the settlement there is a busy highway through which various goods (hot bread, fruits, spare parts, etc.) are brought in and taken away by trucks. Like most villages and cities in the East, Puli-Khumri was created thanks to this bazaar, where it is possible to trade. For Central Asia, it is the bazaar that is the city-forming enterprise.
Economy
The main industrial facilities of the city are a hydroelectric power station, built with the help of specialists from the USSR, as well as a cement plant, built with the assistance of builders of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. There is also a textile factory in the city, built not without the help of German experts.
The small town of Afghanistan Puli-Khumri is located in a region favorable enough for agricultural work.
