Gur-e Mar is a village in Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan.[1]
Gur-e Mar | |
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  Gur-e Mar Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 36°43′42″N 67°16′5″E / 36.72833°N 67.26806°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Balkh Province |
| Time zone | + 4.30 |
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.[2][3]
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- ^ "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
- ^ "Hairatan to Mazar-i-Sharif railway"
- ^ "Construction of Afghan railway launched". Railway Gazette International. 2010-01-27. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
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