Shebartoo

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Coordinates: 34.7811° N 67.4903° E

Shebartoo
Shebartoo (Afghanistan)
Shebartoo
Shebartoo
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 34°46′52″N 67°29′25″E / 34.78111, 67.49028
Country Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan
Province Bamiyan Province
District
Time zone UTC+4:30 (UTC)


Shebartoo/شبرتو (also Shebarto, Shibartoo, Shibarto, Sebartoo, Sibartoo, Sebartu), (Dari/Hazaragi language: شبرتو) is a plain (Persian: Dasht-e Shebartu) and a village in Shahidan district, west of Bamiyan city, the provincial capital of Bamiyan Province. The Shebartoo lies on the Bamiyan — Band-e Amir — Yakawlang road, about half-way between the Bamiyan valley and the Band-e Amir lakes.

The Shebartoo Hazara live there. The gravel strip at Shebartoo Airport, also called Bamiyan Airport (IATA: BIN), is the main airport for Bamiyan Province.[1][2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ (29 May 1999) "Opp welcomes AI report on Taliban atrocities" Afghan News Center
  2. ^ Toubekis, Georgios (29 June 2007) "19th Day" Bamiyan Development Community Portal

[edit] Further reading

  • Weber, Olivier (2006) "Chapitre 52: Vallon de Shebartu" Le grand festin de l'Orient ("Chapter 52: Shebartu Valley" The Great Feast of the East) R. Laffont, Paris, ISBN 2-266-14997-0, in French

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