Gur-e Mar

Gur-e Mar
Gur-e Mar is located in Afghanistan
Gur-e Mar
Gur-e Mar
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 36°43′42″N 67°16′5″E / 36.72833°N 67.26806°E / 36.72833; 67.26806
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceBalkh Province
Time zone+ 4.30

Gur-e Mar is a village in Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan.

On January 22, 2010, the construction was started of a 75 km rail link from Hairatan near the border with Uzbekistan to a terminal at Gur-e Mar. The project is contractually scheduled for completion by June 2011.

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References

  1. ↑ "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
  2. ↑ "Hairatan to Mazar-i-Sharif railway"
  3. ↑ "Construction of Afghan railway launched". Railway Gazette International. 2010-01-27. Archived from the original on 2010-03-03. Retrieved 2010-02-24.