City profile · Afghanistan · Asia
Khulm
Balkh · Afghanistan
City population
64,933
#15
in Afghanistan
#3
in Balkh
#8,879
worldwide
36.697, 67.698 · 276 km from Kabul
About Khulm
Khulm is a city in Balkh, Afghanistan with a population of 64,933. It is the 15th largest of the 53 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Afghanistan, and the 8,879th largest worldwide. It lies 276 km from Kabul.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Balkh
Rank in region
#3of 3
Elevation
445 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kabul
Coordinates
36.697, 67.698
Record updated
2026-04-16
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 53 in AfghanistanClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.