- Karukh
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footnotes =The town of Karukh is the center of
Karukh District inHerat Province ,Afghanistan . The population is more than 18,800 people. The town is located on coord|34.49|N|62.59|E| at 1320 m altitude, 50 km North East toHerat .
Karukh’s busy bazaar is continuously mentioned in travelogues down through the centuries. The shrine ofHazrat Alla Berdi , Sufi ul-Islam, stands there [http://avalon.unomaha.edu/afghan/afghanistan/herat/ar33.htm (see the photo here)] .References
* [http://www.zharov.com/dupree/chapter19.html] Nancy Dupree "A historical guide to Afghanistan"
* [http://www.gazetteer.de/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=fr&des=gamelan&dat=200&geo=-282&srt=pnan&col=aohdqcfbeimg&pt=c&va=&geo=448188259] Census Data
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