Bamyan
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Bamyan
بامیان | |
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| Country | File:Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan |
| Province | Bamyan Province |
| Elevation | 9,200 ft (2,800 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 61,863 |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
Bamyan (Persian: بامیان Bāmyān), also spelled Bamiyan[1] and Bamian,[2] is the capital city of Bamyan Province, Afghanistan. It has about 61,863 people. It is the largest town in the Hazarajat region in central Afghanistan. It is 240 kilometres north-west of Kabul, the national capital.
Education[change]
Bamyan has the region's only university, Bamiyan University.
References[change]
- ↑ e.g. Unesco, BBC Archived 2010-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Library of Congress country study
