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Bamiyan Valley (general region) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 34 45 28 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 34.7583 decimal degrees |
Long: 067 52 26 E degrees minutes |
Long: 67.8742 decimal degrees |
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Note: Valley in northwest Afghanistan, in the Bāmyān province; was a Silk Road trading center between China and India in the early centuries CE; it is famed as a Buddhist monastic center and for art work, including cave paintings and rare monumental standing Buddha statues; the statues are believed to have been destroyed by the conservative Islamic Taliban regime between 1998 and 2001. |
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Bāmyān (preferred,C,V)
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Bamiyan (C,O)
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Bamian Valley (C,V)
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Bāmīān (C,V)
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Bamiyan Valley (C,V,English-P,U,N)
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Bamyan Valley (C,V)
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Bāmiān (C,V)
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Bamian (C,V,English,U,N)
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Bamyan (C,V)
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general region (preferred, C) |
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valley (C) |
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area (C) |
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archaeological site (C) |
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site of ancient settlements |
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Silk Road .......... (road) |
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(World) [7031416] |
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