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Bamyan (Dari: بامیان), also spelled Bamiyan or Bamian, is the capital of Bamyan Province in central Afghanistan. [2][3][4][5] Its population of approximately 70,000 people makes it the largest city in Hazarajat. [1] Bamyan is at an altitude of about 8,366 feet (2,550 m) above sea level. The Bamyan Airport is located in the middle of the city.
The Hazaras (Persian: هزاره, romanized: Hazāra; Hazaragi: آزره, romanized: Āzrə) are an ethnic group and a principal component of the population of Afghanistan. They are one of the largest ethnic groups in Afghanistan and primarily residing in the Hazaristan (Hazarajat) region in central Afghanistan.
The Buddhas of Bamiyan (Pashto: د باميانو بودايي پژۍ, Dari: تندیسهای بودا در بامیان) were two possibly 6th-century [3] monumental Buddhist statues in the Bamiyan Valley of Afghanistan. Located 130 kilometres (81 mi) to the northwest of Kabul, at an elevation of 2,500 metres (8,200 ft), carbon dating of ...
The Taliban destroyed Afghanistan's Bamiyan Buddhas in early 2001. Now they're guarding the site and welcoming tourists. The Taliban destroyed these ancient Buddhas.
Daizangi, also spelled as Dai Zangi, (Dari: دایزنگی), is one of the major tribes of the Hazaras of Hazarajat in central Afghanistan. They inhabit in Yakawlang, Panjab and Waras districts of Bamyan Province, and Lal Wa Sarjangal in Ghor Province. [1] and Ab Kamari District in Badghis Province and Shahristan district of Daykundi Province.
About 691 tourists visited Afghanistan in 2021, rising to 2,300 the following year and 7,000 in 2023, according to the Associated Press, citing Mohammad Saeed, head of the Tourism Directorate in ...
The Hazara people [6] and surrounding peoples use the names "Hazarajat" or "Hazaristan" to identify the historic Hazara lands. "Hazarajat" is a compound of "Hazara" and the Dari suffix "jat", [7] which is used to make words associated with land in the south, central and west Asia. [8] [need quotation to verify]
Parts of central Afghanistan, like the unofficial Hazara capital Bamiyan, are among the country's poorest and often lack even basic necessities like water and electricity. [61] Hazara people held a protest in March 2016 [ citation needed ] against the government's decision to move a proposed power line project out of Bamiyan, seeing it as ...