Bamyan Province

E128378
administrative division province

Bamyan Province is a central Afghan region known for its predominantly Hazara population and its historic Buddhist heritage, including the former giant Buddha statues carved into its cliffs.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Bamyan Province canonical 12
Bamyan 4
Bamyan Valley 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
province ⓘ
borderedBy Baghlan Province ⓘ
Daikundi Province ⓘ
Ghazni Province ⓘ
Parwan Province ⓘ
Samangan Province ⓘ
Wardak Province ⓘ
capital Bamyan Province self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bamyan
climate continental ⓘ
contains Bamyan Province self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bamyan Valley

remains of giant Buddha statues ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
culturalRegion Hazarajat ⓘ
currentReligion Islam ⓘ
demographics predominantly Shia Muslim ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
livestock ⓘ
small-scale tourism ⓘ
ethnicMajority Hazaras ⓘ
surface form: Hazara people
geography mountainous ⓘ
governingCountry Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
Afghanistan ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
hasAirport Bamyan Airport ⓘ
hasFeature archaeological sites ⓘ
cliff niches of former Buddha statues ⓘ
high-altitude valleys ⓘ
historicalReligion Mahayana ⓘ
surface form: Mahayana Buddhism
historicalSignificance Silk Road routes ⓘ
surface form: Silk Road corridor
knownFor Bamiyan Buddhas ⓘ
surface form: Buddha statues of Bamyan

historic Buddhist heritage ⓘ
languageSpoken Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Dari Persian

Hazaragi ⓘ
locatedIn central Afghanistan ⓘ
mountainRange Hindu Kush ⓘ
notableEvent destruction of Buddha statues by Taliban in 2001 ⓘ
partOf Hazarajat ⓘ
populationGroup Hazaras ⓘ
surface form: Hazara people
region Central Highlands of Afghanistan ⓘ
religiousHeritage Buddhist monasteries (ruins) ⓘ
Islamic sites ⓘ
religiousHistory Buddhism ⓘ
timeZone Afghanistan Time ⓘ
tourismAttraction Band-e Amir National Park (nearby, often associated) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteNearby Bamiyan Buddhas ⓘ
surface form: Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
UTCOffset +4:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hazaras → regionWithinAfghanistan → Bamyan Province ⓘ
Central Afghanistan → containsProvince → Bamyan Province ⓘ
Ghazni Province → borderedBy → Bamyan Province ⓘ
Hazarajat → majorCity → Bamyan Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamyan
Hazarajat → historicalProvince → Bamyan Province ⓘ
Hazarajat → capitalDeFacto → Bamyan Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamyan
Bamyan Province → capital → Bamyan Province self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamyan
Bamyan Province → contains → Bamyan Province self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamyan Valley
Daykundi Province → borders → Bamyan Province ⓘ
Wardak Province → bordersProvince → Bamyan Province ⓘ
Central Highlands of Afghanistan → includesProvince → Bamyan Province ⓘ
Ghor Province → borderedBy → Bamyan Province ⓘ
Bamiyan Buddhas → locatedIn → Bamyan Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamyan Valley
Bamiyan Buddhas → locatedIn → Bamyan Province ⓘ
Bamiyan Buddhas → nearbyCity → Bamyan Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamyan
Daikundi Province → borderWith → Bamyan Province ⓘ
Parwan Province → bordersProvince → Bamyan Province ⓘ
Baghlan Province → bordersProvince → Bamyan Province ⓘ
Hephthalite Empire → notableSite → Bamyan Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bamiyan region