Historical place profile
Qunduz Bala Hisar
Qunduz Bala Hisar is the site of a fortified citadel in the Qunduz plain. The fortification is of oval shape, oriented on an East-West axis, with a high citadel at the eastern end.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:971848
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:971848
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 36.736467, 68.883493
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Qunduz Bala Hisar is the site of a fortified citadel in the Qunduz plain. The fortification is of oval shape, oriented on an East-West axis, with a high citadel at the eastern end.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 99 C3 Qunduz Bala Hisar
Source and reuse
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Research path
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