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Bamyan
بامیان
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| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Bamyan Province |
| Elevation | 9,200 ft (2,800 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 61,863 |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
Bamyan ([بامیان Bāmyān] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)), also spelled Bamiyan and Bamian, is the capital 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
Bamyan has the region's only university, Bamiyan University.
Images for kids
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Koh-i-Baba (Baba Mountain, meaning the father mountain)
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Drawing of the Buddhas of Bamiyan by Alexander Burnes, as he saw them during his visit in Bamiyan in 1832
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Shahr-e Zuhak
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Restoration work in 2008
See also
In Spanish: Bamiyán para niños
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