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|official_name          = Balkhar
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|native_name            = Балхар<br>Балхъар
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|subdivision_name1      = [[Republic of Dagestan]]
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|subdivision_name3      = [[Akushinsky District]]
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|coordinates            = {{coord|42|16|N|47|13|E|display=inline}}<ref>[https://mapdata.ru/dagestan/akushinskiy-rayon/selo-balhar/ Село Балхар на карте]</ref>
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[[File:Balkhar_Dagestan.jpg | thumb | 220x124px | right | The village in 2008]]
'''Balkhar''' ({{langx|ru|Балхар}}; {{langx|lbe|Балхъар}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|rural locality]] (a [[Village#Russia|selo]]) and the administrative centre of Balkharsky Selsoviet, [[Akushinsky District]], [[Republic of Dagestan]], [[Russia]]. The population was 939 as of 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dagstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/dagstat/resources/b698fa00421f084fbfb3ff2d59c15b71/%D0%92%D0%9F%D0%9D+%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC1.rar |title=Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Таблица № 11. Численность населения городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений, городских и сельских населённых пунктов Республики Дагестан |access-date=2020-07-11 |archive-date=2013-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224113210/http://dagstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/dagstat/resources/b698fa00421f084fbfb3ff2d59c15b71/%D0%92%D0%9F%D0%9D+%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC1.rar |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Geography ==
Balkhar is located at the altitude of 1,672 metres above the sea. It is located 21&nbsp;km west of [[Akusha]] (the district's administrative centre) by road, and is situated nearby to the village Kuli and the locality Tsulikana.<ref>[https://all-routes.ru/rasstoyanie-balkhar_ru-akusha Расстояние от Балхара до Акуши 21 км]</ref>
== References ==
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